˜yÐÄvlog

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washerman

[ wosh-er-muhn, waw-sher- ]

noun

plural washermen.
  1. a man who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundryman.
  2. a man who operates a machine for washing, as in a phase of a manufacturing process.


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Gender Note

See -man.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of washerman1

First recorded in 1705–15; washer + -man
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Example Sentences

So, some of the postcards show people solely identified by their occupation - in this case, the "dhoby" or washerman who regularly collected clothes for wash from several homes.

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While Muslims have no jobs, Jats suddenly find themselves without farmhands, builders, painters, carpenters and washermen.

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During the Crimean War many of the washermen attending to the washing of the French hospitals were attacked by cholera.

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A Muslim washerman got no reservation, but a Hindu washerman got one.

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The weaver arrayed himself in the clothes which he had borrowed from the village washermen.

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