starchers

"And I'd a-made more if it wasn't for that fake bunch of starchers."

CHAPTER I 2010

Swiss professors of music, painting, and languages; Swiss artificers in steady work; Swiss couriers, and other Swiss servants chronically out of place; industrious Swiss laundresses and clear-starchers; mysteriously existing

No Thoroughfare 2007

In this happy retreat are colonised a few clear – starchers, a sprinkling of journeymen bookbinders, one or two prison agents for the

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

"And I'd a-made more if it wasn't for that fake bunch of starchers."

Chapter 1 1913

In regard to the first kind, it must be said that the shirt starchers, who are the main sufferers from waiting for work, are the best paid, and hence are not as indignant at frequent overtime as the week workers are.

Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915

As a rule, only two prices obtained -- one for all the manglers and plain ironers, another for the starchers and shirt and fancy ironers.

Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915

For instance, in one laundry, young American women between twenty and thirty were employed as hand starchers at piece-work.

Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915

We are not just plain boilers and starchers; we are fancy ironers.

Just Patty 1911

This was the strike of the starchers in the Troy, New York, shirt and collar trade.

The Trade Union Woman Alice Henry 1900

In 1905 the starchers had their wages cut, and at the same time some heavy machinery was introduced.

The Trade Union Woman Alice Henry 1900