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Meanings of poor washerwoman in English

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Usage of poor washerwoman in English
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It's a poor washerwoman I am to be thinning my suds with brine!
Under the Country Sky
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The poor washerwoman was forgotten during most of this afternoon.
Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us
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It was too late; the poor washerwoman was dead.
Bible Stories and Religious Classics
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He has heard nothing about the poor washerwoman.
Initials Only
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The poor washerwoman does a big business, Mrs.
In the Roaring Fifties
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A poor washerwoman and the wealthy Miss Challoner!
Initials Only
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But she was not a poor washerwoman.
The Shape of Fear
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Why, I know a poor washerwoman, who was left a widow with four children to care for-
Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
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One of the dead was a poor washerwoman, big with child, who was returning home late from washing.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
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No wonder that the Frank preferred him to the son of a poor washerwoman, whose lowliness Elias himself was always emphasising.
The Valley of the Kings
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I felt worried at hearing this; for there was no change in my pockets, and the poor washerwoman, had, of course, come for her money.
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
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I read this morning of a poor washerwoman, whose house was burned, and all her children consumed, while she was away working for her bread.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 / A Maga...
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He'll be out long before I'm ready to show myself there; and so will the woman who took care of the poor washerwoman's little child.
Initials Only
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'The idea of an officer of your penetration, sergeant, mistaking a poor washerwoman's tent for a grog-shop.'
In the Roaring Fifties
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"I won't," said Abinadab; on which a poor washerwoman, with her basket, scrambled down into the road, and Abinadab chuckled.
Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales
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