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n. - A working female who takes in washing.

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Usage examples (14)
  • Anyway, I have a reliable stay-out kasambahay who reports thrice a week and a laundrywoman who does the ironing.
  • Now Guirola employs 30 people -- cooks, gardeners, maids, a laundrywoman, a driver, office workers, sculptors and bodyguards.
  • Now 35, she has climbed through the ranks of the service economy from laundrywoman to maid to a successful broker for illegal cleaning women.
  • Hey, Mr. A REAL AMERICAN, your laundrywoman just called to say that your brownshirt uniform is all starched up and ready for your pep rally tonight.
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