"washwoman" instead of the "laundress," and, as did her father, called the man who took care of the grounds, ran the furnace, and drove the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Squirrel-Cage] Reference

The funniest case I ever witnessed was that of an old washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information] Reference

A washwoman knelt by a bucket of ammonia scrubbing the marble floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gorky Park]

He was grinning like a washwoman standing at a fence with basket full of dirty gossip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference

"The washwoman is going to show me how next time she comes, but she said I had to get the hair.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainbow Hill] Reference

Jagang didn't want her slipping out of their snare by hiding in crowds of people, or escaping by pretending to be a lowly washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of Creation]

And she added morosely: "I ain't no cat-washwoman!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gentle Julia] Reference

The next morning the washwoman was bringing in the clothes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines] Reference

"Is you come from Colonel Gillin's, massa?" asked the washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy] Reference

Mrs.B. set out to be a "family friend" to the family of her washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Times Like These] Reference

"She was a washwoman, and rented one scantily furnished room from a poor family named Simmons.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hidden Hand] Reference

I expect if you was a cat-washwoman, Kitty Silver, you'd be pretty near the only one was in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gentle Julia] Reference

“She told me I was to go with her to Glaishammer to get a washwoman for you,” continued Philippina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference

The washwoman acts as if she was doing me a favour coming from eight to four, for four dollars and eighty-five cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gigolo] Reference

"An 'he ain't got to ketch 'em lookin' at him outen of his kitchen sink -- an 'he ain't fixin' to be no cat-washwoman neither!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gentle Julia] Reference

Or, "I'm sure the washwoman has joined the Eleanor Club.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15, 1975. Interview G-0023-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

"Yes'm, you didn't think Mother was a washwoman, did you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference

A washwoman in the second story emptied her soapsuds over the coop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Observations of a Retired Veteran]

“Ah, what do we want with a washwoman?” said Gertrude; “we cannot afford one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference

A charge of putty from his blower at the washwoman bending over the wash-tub, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899] Reference

Yes for political reasons! washwoman from Texas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lugar becomes first Republican to back Sotomayor] Reference

The washwoman sings it all wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse] Reference

"The washwoman sings it all wrong.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse] Reference

Occupation: Field work and washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference

An Italian one that the washwoman had forsaken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quin] Reference

2s.; poor woman in the street, 1s.; ribbands, 9d.; washwoman, 1s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1668]

1s.; ribbands, 9d.; washwoman, 1s.; sempstress for W. Hewer, 3s.; lent W. Hewer, 3s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 66: June/July 1668] Reference

You are like an old washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daring Fireball] Reference

"To be a cat-washwoman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gentle Julia] Reference

I'm not your washwoman here. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of Daggers]

"Is your mother her washwoman?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Heart of Gold] Reference

Are you a sea-man -- or a washwoman?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fair Harbor] Reference

"That detestable washwoman!" he muttered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories] Reference

Miss Julia, ma'am, I ain't no cat-washwoman! '".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gentle Julia] Reference