Washerwoman

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

(n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.

欧文整理

• The destitute orange-girl, the neglected washerwoman, the distressed muffin-man find in her a fast and generous friend. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• No linen that you want sent to the washerwoman's? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The writer well remembers an aged colored woman, who was employed as a washerwoman in her father's family. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The washerwoman was waiting impatiently whilst we searched in vain for a piece of paper, and the common writing ink was dried up. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I know a delightful washerwoman outside, that comes for my things twice a week; and, by Jove! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• And the 'Washerwoman of Finchley Common,' Mamma, said Lady Emily. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was wonderful to see the pertinacity with which the washerwoman from Tooting brought the cart every Saturday, and her bills week after week. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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