laundress
pronunciation
How to pronounce laundress in British English:
UK ['lɔ:ndrɪs]
How to pronounce laundress in American English:
US ['lɔndrɪs]
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- Noun:
- a working woman who takes in washing
Word Origin
- laundress (n.)
- 1540s; see laundry + -ess.
Example
- 1. I don 't wanna be a laundress .
- 2. She affirmed that the british laundress was not a mistress of her art .
- 3. He hired a battery of staff to help him with the daily chores , including a scullion ( dishwasher ) , a laundress and a shoeblack ( someone who cleans shoes ) .
- 4. The laundress looked on in astonishment , but as she had been promised twenty louis , she made no remark .