| 单词 | washwoman |
| 例句 | “I’m sure she’d make a passing fine washwoman. I shall expect full payment, in cash.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave her passes to visit the Parker plantation every New Year’s Day feast; Felice’s sister was a washwoman there. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “A washwoman is the one thing I don’t need right now. If you had any manservants capable of ditch digging, I’d take you up on the offer, but ...” He paused and shook his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lorraine thinks she could be an actress, but I keep telling her she’d have to be a character actress, which means playing washwomen on TV detective shows all the time. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z 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. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I remember once going to Washington Park with our washwoman to a Fourth of August celebration. How Harry S. Truman went from being a racist to desegregating the military 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The sign, dating to 1928, shows a washwoman at a washtub. Rapid City’s history in neon to be preserved 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z But the sun will soon make our clothes look less as if we'd paid a visit to the washwoman. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The sidewalks break with wooden bars on which various things are suspended, and in the lower streets these bars are appropriated for drying the washwomen's clothes. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Friday.—Visited mi washwoman, and blowed her up for sewing ruffles and tucks onto the bottom ov mi drawers. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z No washwoman comes with a bucket, No thirsty man comes with a mug; For the one who would venture to suck it Would wish that his grave had been dug. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z One of the older members at my Anderson, S.C., home course, Cobb's Glen Country Club, curses bad shots by declaring he is "swinging like a washwoman." A Mighty Thin Place 2010-07-20T11:00:00Z She must be washwoman and laundry woman, cleaning and scrub woman. The American Country Girl I will tell you about our washwoman and me. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks “The boy was found by a washwoman:” say, washerwoman. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected The other washwomen, all about her, observed her grief, and fell to whispering: "See how she's crying?" Their Son; The Necklace The washwoman had told the butler, the butler reported it to Countess Betty, and then the old beekeeper came into the servants' room and told his story. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Also, as at present, the washwomen were the despair of careful housekeepers. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 Well, our washwoman and I were having some fun. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Inquiry had established the fact that there was no laundry in Flame City, and the genus washwoman was practically unknown. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune 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. Their Son; The Necklace "She was a washwoman, and rented one scantily furnished room from a poor family named Simmons." Hidden Hand Mrs. B. set out to be a "family friend" to the family of her washwoman. In Times Like These I’ll show you––I’ll show you whether or not you can wear diamond stickpins while I have to endure a wedding ring like a washwoman’s!” The Gorgeous Girl "The washwoman is going to show me how next time she comes, but she said I had to get the hair." Rainbow Hill Twenty minutes later, barefooted and barelegged, her skirts tucked up above the knees, the young washwoman was trampling blankets in the tub. The Fighting Edge The next morning the washwoman was bringing in the clothes. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines “My washwoman’s grandson,” burst out Lydia, laying down her cards with a careless negligence, so that everyone could see the contents of her hand. The Squirrel-Cage Delia got the meals as before; the washwoman came and did the washing on Monday; pa was buying wood for the stoves; we had to be fitted out for winter. Mitch Miller Here's a washwoman who says the Kaiser is a gentleman, and a street-car driver who says it's a rich man's war. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls The washwoman acts as if she was doing me a favour coming from eight to four, for four dollars and eighty-five cents. Gigolo An Italian one that the washwoman had forsaken. Quin You act to me as though you trusted your washwoman’s view of things more than your husband’s. The Squirrel-Cage He taunted, jeered him with having been hoodwinked, cajoled, outwitted by a 'wily old washwoman,' who had inveigled him into a disgraceful misalliance in order to betray him, to fasten upon and devour his wealth. Infelice Why, if women ever got the vote, an ignorant washwoman's vote might kill hers! The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder During that winter he and Canary, the negro washwoman, became quite good friends. Gigolo It seemed absurd to imagine that they were Johnny Mullens, the washwoman's son, and Polly Flinders, the charwoman's little girl, and so on. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories And then, a day or so before, old Mrs. O’Hern, her washwoman, had come directly to her with that revolting revelation of Ellen’s influence on her grandson, little Patsy. The Squirrel-Cage There was a gang of plow hands, hoe hands, hands to clear new ground, a bunch of cooks, a washwoman. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Emily, the mother, was the cook and washwoman while Jacob was the Butler. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives The newsboy, he spouts it, The bootblack, he shouts it, The washwoman sings it all wrong; And I laugh, and I weep, And I wake, and I sleep, To the tune of that popular song. Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse It may seem anarchistic to suggest that the workingman's wife, who acts as wife, mother, cook, washwoman, nurse and housekeeper, is as good as the lady who has less to attend to. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers One engineer with a government certificate could have saved the clerks, stenographers, widows, washwomen, and orphans of America fifteen million dollars at the cost of, say, five thousand. Stories from Everybody's Magazine His family consisted of his wife, Juana, chief of the lavanderas, or washwomen, and several children, the oldest of whom, Magdalena, was now growing into the fresh and early womanhood of these Southern races. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions Yet as every work a woman does has a man for its end—I learned that from the classics; Penelope, you know, and even washwoman Nausicaä—I suppose it is fair to assume this had. The Pagans Something--I know not what--recalled to my mind a conversation which I had with the poor washwoman at Wilmington. Jane Talbot I should not forget a paralytic washwoman in my section of the house, who has a prevailing idea, when she brings home my clothes, that eleven pieces make a dozen. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 The reorganization, intended to save some of the better properties, wiped out more than seventy per cent. of the small stockholders—widows, schoolteachers, stenographers, washwomen, scrubwomen—all who once had a dollar in the stocking. Stories from Everybody's Magazine And just as my friend was struggling to get his foot up through the slats, a washwoman in the second story emptied her soapsuds over the coop. Observations of a Retired Veteran "The minus sign expresses it now," he said; "I could kick myself when I think that, at twenty-six, my mother has to pay my washwoman!" The Iron Woman The truth respecting the washwoman was very artfully disguised, and yet so managed as to allow her to elude the imputation of direct falsehood. Jane Talbot The funniest case I ever witnessed was that of an old washwoman. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information The three Rover boys reached the Stanhope cottage on a run, to find nobody in charge but a washwoman, who was hanging up some clothing in the back yard. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune "It's this minute he'll be here, thin," said the washwoman joyfully. Outpost Please send by express to this ranch 75 cooks and 200 washwomen, blind or wooden legged ones perferred. Rolling Stones But who stole that can of peaches right after the Christmas holidays, and who locked one of the cows in the back hall and nearly scared the washwoman to death? The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune Suddenly setting the flat-iron she had just taken back upon the stove, the washwoman came and bent over the child, looking earnestly into her face. Outpost |
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