How to Use washerwoman in a Sentence

washerwoman

noun

• He was born in 1805 to a mother who worked as a washerwoman in Odense.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2021
• He had been forced to leave school in the sixth grade to help support his single mother, who worked as a washerwoman and cleaner.
  — Néstor Martí, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
• Each morning, Watson wakes from his spot on the floor to clean the house for his washerwoman employer before taking to the streets to sell water.
  — Washington Post, 5 June 2017
• The live model for the washerwoman and the standing woman was Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, a writer and teacher who is one of Leigh’s closest friends.
  — The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• Boise’s hardworking washerwoman Betty finds her match in this cherub-faced artist.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 15 Jan. 2018
• For instance, the scan reveals that the first draft of the canvas included a woman with her back to the viewer, likely a nod to the artist Honoré Daumier’s paintings of washerwomen in Paris.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 June 2018
• The Wegners offered free lasagna for anyone who found and returned Betty’s stuff, and the banner and plastic bubbles have been reunited with the washerwoman and the Wegners.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 13 June 2017
• Two Residents, Five Servants When the house was completed in 1909, the house had two bedrooms for its owners, as well as staff bedrooms for chauffeur, upstairs maid, downstairs maid, butler, and washerwoman.
  — James Tarmy, Bloomberg.com, 25 July 2017
• The elder Walker toiled away as a washerwoman, determined not to let her daughter suffer the same cruelties of her impoverished childhood.
  — Mayukh Sen, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
• Clark assigned men who had been fighting the job of building the washerwoman’s lodging, effectively forcing them to work together, communicate and cooperate.
  — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2017
• The limited series follows Walker from a balding, struggling washerwoman who was knocked down by racial and gender biases to her rise as an astute businesswoman and fierce activist with fabulous hair and a thriving company.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024