| 释义 |
washer-wife Sc.
[f. washer n.1 + wife. Cf. G. wäscherweib.]
A washerwoman.
1800Monthly Mag. Apr. 238/2 In Scotland, the word linens is often used for linen. For example, ‘carry my linens to the washer-wife’. 1910N. Munro Fancy Farm xi, The word itself [sc. gossip] is noble in its origin, for all its washer-wife associations. |