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Laundress
Synonyms for "laundress" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
washerwomanclothes washer
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
laundry workerlaundrywoman
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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2 entrieshousehold laundressindustrial laundress
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6 entriescity laundresshousehold laundressindustrial laundresslaundress dutieslaundress professionlaundress service
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4 total sentences available.
‘Sir,’ said Mrs. Crupp, in a tone approaching to severity, ‘I’ve laundressed other young gentlemen besides yourself. […]’
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And oh, my dears, real washing is very different work from the dolls’ laundressing—standing round a wash-hand basin placed on a nursery chair, and wasting ever so much beautiful honey-soap in nice clean hot water […]
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2007, Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes (Someone Knows My Name), New York: Norton, Book Three, p. 260, Mama got herself free before she had me, and she was laundressing for the British since my early days.
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