Usage of "laundress" | TermGallery

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A working woman who takes in washing.

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Examples for "washerwoman"

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 

Uso de laundress em inglês

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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Laundress ao longo do tempo

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Significados de laundress em inglês