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English Dictionary: washerwoman by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
washerwoman
n
  1. a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman, washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Washerwoman \Wash"er*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Washerwomen}.
      1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for
            others.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) 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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