washerwoman

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English

A washerwoman.

Etymology

washer +‎ -woman

Noun

washerwoman (plural washerwomen)

  1. A woman who washes people's laundry.
    Synonym: laundress
    Coordinate term: washerman
    • 1810,  , chapter XXVIII, in Splendid Follies. A Novel, . Founded on Facts., volume III, London: J F Hughes, , →OCLC, pages 123–124:
      ‘I wish it would rain,’ continued she; ‘only we are going to have a six-week’s wash to-morrow, and that’s a heavy job for the poor creatures. La! don’t you pity washerwomen in hot weather; it’s the hardest work that’s done.’
  2. (colloquial) A double drummer, large cicada of Australia, of species Thopha saccata.
  3. A weedy plant of the Americas (Alternanthera caracasana).

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