washdays
Weekly laundry sessions
Washdays are days designated for doing laundry.
Before washing machines became household fixtures, laundry was labor-intensive work often reserved for a specific day of the week—traditionally Monday in many English-speaking households.
The word now sounds old-fashioned, though the practice of batching laundry persists: Saturday is my washday.
Every seven days
- schedulePlan of timed events
- choresRoutine household tasks
- habitualDone by routine
- MondayWeek's second day
regularity · ritual · housework · timetable · systematic · organization · discipline · structure
Ridged laundry surface
- mangleSeverely damage or distort
- wringerWater-extracting roller device
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- dollyWheeled moving platform
bluing · lye · boiling · washtub · Monday · communal · river · charwoman
Chemical cleaning agent
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- hamperObstruct or clothes basket
- dryerAppliance removing moisture
- clothespinsSpring clips for laundry
sorting · folding · ironing · bleach · softener · stains · baskets · linens
Wearisome dullness
- repetitionAct of redoing
- choresRoutine household tasks
- wearinessState of being drained
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
toil · monotony · dullness · backbreaking · exhausting · endless · thankless · grueling
weekly
Every seven days
Monday · regularity · ritual · housework · timetable · systematic · organization · discipline · structure · planning
washboard
Ridged laundry surface
- mangleSeverely damage or distort
- wringerWater-extracting roller device
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
dolly · bluing · lye · boiling · washtub · Monday · communal · river · charwoman · laundress
detergent
Chemical cleaning agent
- clotheslineCord for air-drying laundry
- hamperObstruct or clothes basket
- dryerAppliance removing moisture
clothespins · sorting · folding · ironing · bleach · softener · stains · baskets · linens · towels
tedium
Wearisome dullness
- repetitionAct of redoing
- choresRoutine household tasks
- wearinessState of being drained
labor · toil · monotony · dullness · backbreaking · exhausting · endless · thankless · grueling · scrubbing
clothesline
Cord for air-drying laundry
linen · aired · sunshine · windblown · renewal · springtime · billowing · flapping · whiteness