Washerwoman

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a working woman who takes in washing wordnet
  3. 3
    A double drummer, large cicada of Australia, of species Thopha saccata. colloquial
  4. 4
    A weedy plant of the Americas (Alternanthera caracasana).

Etymology

From washer + -woman.

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