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washerwife

noun

«washerwife» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

A woman whose work is washing clothes for other people. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say washerwoman.

Examples

And he caused the old washerwife and her daughter to be burnt. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
And he caused the auld washerwife and her dochter to be burned. (The Blue Fairy Book) tree →
At seven years' end she got her iron shoon, clomb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the old washerwife's habitation. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →

Note

Today: washerwoman.

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