laundrywoman
Professional garment washer
A laundrywoman is a woman who washes and irons clothes, linens, and other fabrics as her occupation.
The term belongs to an era when laundry was done by hand and often sent out to workers who specialized in it: The laundrywoman came on Tuesdays to collect the household linens.
Now largely historical.
Hired female cleaner
- domesticOf the home
- servantOne employed to serve
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
hired · wages · clientele · delivery · pickup · piecework · ironer · presser
Frothy detergent foam
- tubOpen washing basin
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- wringTwist to expel moisture
starch · scrubbing · washbasin · handwash · washboard · mangle · bluing · lye
Of a prim era
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- sculleryRoom for dishwashing
- copper potMetallic cooking container
flat iron · sad iron · below stairs · taking in washing · riverside · communal
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- wringingTwisting to extract moisture
- haulingTransporting heavy items
backbreaking · manual · physical · washday · repetitive · exhausting · calloused · standing
charwoman
Hired female cleaner
- domesticOf the home
- servantOne employed to serve
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
maid · hired · wages · clientele · delivery · pickup · piecework · ironer · presser · mangler
soapsuds
Frothy detergent foam
- tubOpen washing basin
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
wring · starch · scrubbing · washbasin · handwash · washboard · mangle · bluing · lye · boiling
Victorian
Of a prim era
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- sculleryRoom for dishwashing
copper pot · flat iron · sad iron · below stairs · taking in washing · riverside · communal
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
hauling · backbreaking · manual · physical · washday · repetitive · exhausting · calloused · standing · bending
blouse
Loose-fitting upper garment
socks · shirt · dress · coat · skirt · sweater · uniform · gown · robe · pajamas
laundrywomanseamstress
One who stitches garments
tailor · dressmaker · customer · client · weaver