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washerwoman

/wosh-er-woom-uhn, waw-sher-/US // ˈwɒʃ ərˌwʊm ən, ˈwɔ ʃər- //UK // (ˈwɒʃəˌwʊmən) //

纺织女工,浣纱女,浣纱师,浣纱工

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wash·er·wom·en.

    • : a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.

Examples

  • She worked as a domestic and a nanny for a wealthy family, then secured a job as a washerwoman chez Mère Fillioux.

  • Ah, ça, Monsieur my brother, do you take me for a washerwoman?

  • The last paper would deal with the washerwoman at one's own home, and at hers.

  • He would have her save out of her washerwoman and linendraper, and yet have a smart gown and go in a brougham.

  • Among them was an elderly woman going to see her daughter, who was a washerwoman at St. Petersburg.

  • Touched by her youth, her misfortune and her beauty, my father apprenticed her to a washerwoman who lived near us.