laundrywomen
Professional clothing washers
Laundrywomen is the plural of laundrywoman—a woman who washes and irons clothes professionally.
The term belongs to an era when laundry was done by hand and often performed by working-class women or domestic servants: The laundrywomen gathered at the river each morning.
Now largely historical, replaced by gender-neutral terms like laundry worker.
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- wringingTwisting to extract moisture
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
- washingCleaning with liquid
rinsing · ironing · starching · folding · sorting · drying · hanging · pressing
Ridged laundry surface
- mangleSeverely damage or distort
- wringerWater-extracting roller device
- tubOpen washing basin
- basinConcave water receptacle
paddle · dolly · copper · clothesline · pegs · flatiron · sadiron · lye
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- colonialOf occupied territories
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
scullery · washhouse · below-stairs · gentry · household · manor · tenement · riverbank
Hired female cleaner
- domesticOf the home
- servantOne employed to serve
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
cleaner · chambermaid · help · worker · employee · staff · hired · tradesperson
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- wringingTwisting to extract moisture
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
washing · rinsing · ironing · starching · folding · sorting · drying · hanging · pressing · beating
washboard
Ridged laundry surface
basin · paddle · dolly · copper · clothesline · pegs · flatiron · sadiron · lye · soap
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- colonialOf occupied territories
servitude · scullery · washhouse · below-stairs · gentry · household · manor · tenement · riverbank · communal
charwoman
Hired female cleaner
housekeeper · cleaner · chambermaid · help · worker · employee · staff · hired · tradesperson · service
laundrywomendry cleaners
Solvent-based garment cleaning business
tailors · seamstresses · pressers · clothiers
laundrywomenlaundrymen
Professional clothes washers
laundryman · washermen · manservants · valets · butlers
laundrywomencustomers
People who purchase goods
clients · employers · mistresses · patrons · householders