Hypertext Webster Gateway: "washerwomen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Washerwoman \Wash"er*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Washerwomen}.
1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for
others.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.]
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