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Webster 1913 Edition
Washerwoman
Wash′er-womˊan
,Noun.
pl.
Washerwomen
. 1.
A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
2.
(Zool.)
The pied wagtail; – so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
[Prov. Eng.]