WASHERWOMAN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.

2.
n.

The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants. [Prov. Eng.]


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