washerwomen

The washerwomen are the undoubted masters of the situation, and carry all before them.

In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith

Indeed, the houses were not such as washerwomen could afford to live in.

Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Charles Edward Pearce

They had possessed themselves of a number of beetles such as washerwomen use, and hammered in long nails, the points of which projected an inch on the other side in the form of a fleur-de-lis.

Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

Walking with a stick and a rucksack around remote villages throughout Spain, he listened to local people, from shepherds to washerwomen, and explained landscape, history and geography.

José Antonio Labordeta obituary Michael Eaude 2010

In case you think that's not peculiar enough, Brooklyn born Connie Gilchrist, who usually played Irish washerwomen types named Hattie, Mollie, or Mrs. Feeny, was cast as the popular wine seller, Mrs. Torrelli.

Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat 2009

In case you think that's not peculiar enough, Brooklyn born Connie Gilchrist, who usually played Irish washerwomen types named Hattie, Mollie, or Mrs. Feeny, was cast as the popular wine seller, Mrs. Torrelli.

Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat 2009

Ages 5+ The never-ending deluge of grubby hankies, horrid socks and grimy nightshirts imposed on the seven washerwomen by their skinflint employer pushes them to go on strike.

Recommended reads: ages 5–7 2011

Then seven woodcutters set out to frighten the washerwomen into submission by appearing as the filthiest things they've ever seen ...

Recommended reads: ages 5–7 2011

But, if the upper servants could not escape to modern, industrial conditions, how much the more did they press down on the bodies and souls of 700,000 washerwomen and household drudges,—ignorant, unskilled offal of a millionaire industrial system.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

If we have today, as seems likely, over a billion dollars of accumulated goods, who shall say how much of it has been wrung from the hearts of servant girls and washerwomen and women toilers in the fields?

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004