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On the third day, just after lunch, the hands were recalled from the fields, the washwomen and cooks and stable hands interrupted from their tasks, the house staff diverted from its maintenance.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

He tried two of the regular washwomen, Elsie Doyle and Peleg Carpenter's wife, and they did 'em up just dreadful.

From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Also, as at present, the washwomen were the despair of careful housekeepers.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

"Do they have washwomen in Hades?" asked Kismine innocently.

From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

Some few of the younger washwomen usually sat up on their heels, then, and followed with their eyes the precipitate on-rushing of the train.

From Their Son; The Necklace by Zamacois, Eduardo