2. Verb. (obsolete) (third-person singular of laundress) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laundresses
1. laundress [n] - See also: laundress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laundresses
Literary usage of Laundresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1864)
"LONDON laundresses. ! AM afraid this title will be thought to smack somewhat of
tautology, seeing that the laundress proper forms an integral part of London ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"Yet continual complaints rise up, that it burns linen, scalds the laundresses'
fingers, wastes infinitely in keeping, being full of lime and tallow. ..."
3. The Occupational Diseases: Their Causation, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention by William Gilman Thompson (1914)
"Treatment.—Treatment of the neurasthenia and digestive disorders is described
under those headings (pages 531, 155). XX. laundresses In the steam laundry ..."
4. The Inns of Court and Chancery by William John Loftie (1893)
"... Usages — Eating Dinners — The Menu — Pass the Bottle — laundresses—Ladies in
the Temple. THE eminent inhabitants of the Inner Temple have been numerous. ..."
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