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LAUNDRYWOMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laundrywoman mean?
• LAUNDRYWOMAN (noun)
The noun LAUNDRYWOMAN has 1 sense:
1. a working woman who takes in washing
Familiarity information: LAUNDRYWOMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A working woman who takes in washing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
laundress; laundrywoman; washerwoman; washwoman
Hypernyms ("laundrywoman" is a kind of...):
washer (someone who washes things for a living)
Context examples
Poor as he is, he didn't forget a servant or a child in the house, and not a soul here, from the French laundrywoman to Miss Norton forgot him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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