Usage of "laundrywoman"

català

A working woman who takes in washing.

Sinònims

Examples for "laundress"

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 

The washerwoman consented to be one witness; the sexton-janitor made the other. 
 We Can't Have Everything: A Novel 

Ned's Irish washerwoman also abstained-thatmuch with-itshe wasn't prepared to be. 
 The Book of Skulls 

The toad, by no means a looker, can pass as a washerwoman. 
 The Guardian 

Indeed, the washerwoman feared him more than all others about the house. 
 Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter 

After to-morrow morning you are to be the son of a washerwoman. 
 Marie Antoinette and Her Son 

The funniest case I ever witnessed was that of an old washwoman. 
 Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information 

Emily, the mother, was the cook and washwoman while Jacob was the Butler. 
 Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States... 

But Erin suspected that it would not be content to merely occupy a washwoman. 
 The Lair of Bones 

I'm not your washwoman here. Well, there was a small crack in that serenity. 
 Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers 

It could inhabit a knight, a merchant, a washwoman. 
 The Lair of Bones 

Translations for laundrywoman

català

Significats de laundrywoman en anglès