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Washerwoman
noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A woman who washes people's laundry.
"‘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 a working woman who takes in washing wordnet
- 3 A double drummer, large cicada of Australia, of species Thopha saccata. colloquial
- 4 A weedy plant of the Americas (Alternanthera caracasana).
Etymology
From washer + -woman.
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