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Definitions
a working woman who takes in washing
Word origin
From launderer + ess.
Used in a sentence
“I tell thee ſhameleſſe girle, Thou ſhalt be Landreſſe to my waiting maide:”
“‘Sir,’ said Mrs. Crupp, in a tone approaching to severity, ‘I’ve laundressed other young gentlemen besides yourself. […]’”
“And oh, my dears, real washing is very different work from the dolls’ laundressing—standing round a wash-hand basin placed on a nursery chair, and wasting ever so much beautiful honey-soap in nice clean hot water […]”
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