washwomen

“Do they have washwomen in Hades?” asked Kismine innocently.

Tales of the Jazz Age 2003

His family consisted of his wife, Juana, chief of the lavanderas, or washwomen, and several children, the oldest of whom, Magdalena, was now growing into the fresh and early womanhood of these Southern races.

The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions J. Smeaton Chase

Then there are legions of washwomen (much to the relief of the officers 'marine servants, who in "olden times" had to do all their masters' washing when at sea), declaring, of course, that they have done your washing "ages ago."

Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta W. Cope Devereux

There was always two washwomen, a cook, some hands to help her, two sewin 'women, a house girl, an' some who did all the weavin 'an' spinnin '.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

"Do they have washwomen in Hades?" asked Kismine innocently.

Tales of the Jazz Age 1918

One engineer with a government certificate could have saved the clerks, stenographers, widows, washwomen, and orphans of America fifteen million dollars at the cost of, say, five thousand.

The Gold Brick and the Gold Mine: Fake Mining Schemes that Steal the People's Savings 1910

The reorganization, intended to save some of the better properties, wiped out more than seventy per cent. of the small stockholders -- widows, schoolteachers, stenographers, washwomen, scrubwomen -- all who once had a dollar in the stocking.

The Gold Brick and the Gold Mine: Fake Mining Schemes that Steal the People's Savings 1910

He tried two of the regular washwomen, Elsie Doyle and Peleg Carpenter's wife, and they did 'em up just dreadful.

Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

He introduces a machine that washes two thousand shirts a day by electricity, and at a much less cost than many washwomen can do it.

Afro-American Encyclopaedia; or, The Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Addresses, Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, It Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women. James T. Haley 1895

We admired the washwomen for quite a while as they rubbed the clothes on the stone and then doused them up and down in the stream.

Six Months in Mexico 1888