🔤 Washerwomen

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URDU

دھوبیاں، کپڑے دھونے والیاں، چادریں دھونے والی عورتیں
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
dhobiyan, kapray dhone waliyan, chathein dhone wali aurtein
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ENGLISH

📚noun
washerwomen
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈwɒʃərwɪmɪn/
Phonetic: /wosh ur wim in/
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DEFINITION

women who wash clothes for a living, laundresses, female laundry workers
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The washerwomen gathered at the riverbank every morning to wash clothes for the wealthy households. Old songs describe the hard lives of washerwomen who worked long hours for very little pay. The washerwomen scrubbed the linen with soap and stones until it was spotless. In the old city, washerwomen carried heavy bundles of clothes to the public washing area. The museum displayed photographs of washerwomen at work in the early twentieth century.
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SYNONYMS

laundresses laundry women female launderers washing women

ANTONYMS

laundrymen male launderers dry cleaners machine operators
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