Usage of "laundress" | TermGallery

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A working woman who takes in washing.

Usage of laundress in anglès

This alone was clear; she was not the daughter of a laundress. 
 International Short Stories: French 

She took the laundress in her big arms and squeezed her tight. 
 L'Assommoir 

However, I commend my laundress to the Mayor of the Ninth Arrondissement. 
 The Memoirs of Victor Hugo 

But the child had begged the laundress not to say a word. 
 L'Assommoir 

For once again, to quote the laundress of the rue de Jouy- 
 With Those Who Wait 

I might persuade the village laundress to claim ye as her assistant. 
 Celtic fire 

The accusation of neglecting his laundress may have been an unfounded one. 
 The Days Before Yesterday 

This laundress had a very large business, in partnership with her husband. 
 The Living Present 

She had been engaged as a laundress for the past two years. 
 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 

It is Paris, at Montmartre-weare before the door of a laundress. 
 A Chair on the Boulevard 

Before commencing, he gave the laundress a look full of confident tenderness. 
 L'Assommoir 

You shall be Odysseus, and I will be Nausicaa, the interesting laundress. 
 Jason: A Romance 

Hillard would have paid court to a laundress rather than offend Merrihew. 
 The Lure of the Mask 

She answered at great length that she was laundress at Sunrise Camp. 
 The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp 

Madame Fauconnier, the laundress on Rue Neuve, will start me on Monday. 
 L'Assommoir 

But when Virginie's name was mentioned the laundress suddenly regained her composure. 
 L'Assommoir 

laundress

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Meanings of laundress in anglès