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Naman Ramachandran, author of Rajinikanth: A Definitive Biography, notes that Rajinikanth's fans range from Wall Street bankers to washerwomen in Tamil Nadu.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

Jim Downs: Laundresses, washerwomen, cooks, any number of things.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023

In a speech in Atlanta in November, Warren said black washerwomen who led a successful strike in the 1880s for higher wages proved “the women stood together.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2020

Still other women accompanied the army as “camp followers,” serving as cooks, washerwomen, and nurses.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Therry was the young one, the son of one of the washerwomen, a boy of ten-and-four.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin