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washerwoman(dictionary)
washerwoman(dictionary)
Washerwoman's itch(medicine)

washerwoman (iou)



washerwoman noun. . M17.
[from WASHER noun1 + WOMAN noun.]
A woman whose occupation is washing clothes etc.; a person who takes in washing. arch. M17.
= WASHER noun1 1a. dial. E19.
Comb.: washerwoman's fingers, washerwoman's hand (now rare) a condition of the hands characteristic of cholera, resembling the wrinkling of the skin of the hands of washerwomen; washerwoman's itch, washerwoman's scall (now rare) a form of eczema or psoriasis affecting the hands of washerwomen; washerwoman's skin skin that is much wrinkled as a result of immersion in water.