🔤 Laundresses ✨

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dhoban, kapde dhone waliyan, safai waliyan, laundresses, kapde dhobans

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📚noun

laundresses

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DEFINITION

women who are employed to wash, iron, and process laundry

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Historically, estate owners employed several hardworking laundresses to care for household linens and clothing today. The sound of singing laundresses echoed from the riverbank as they washed garments in fresh water. Hardworking laundresses spent hours scrubbing, starching, and ironing elaborate cotton and lace dresses daily. Museum exhibits display antique washboards and heavy flatirons used by nineteenth century professional laundresses. The guild of city laundresses established standardized prices for washing and pressing clothes across town.

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washerwomen laundrywomen cleaners laundry workers