单词 | washerwoman |
释义 | washerwomann. 1. a. A woman whose occupation is the washing of dirty linen; one who takes in washing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > one who washes clothes > a woman washesterc900 laundress1555 washwoman1590 washmaidc1610 buck-washer1611 laundrya1616 laundry-maid1632 washerwoman1632 washing-woman1782 washer-wife1800 lavandera1841 laundry-woman1863 washer-maiden1876 washer-girl1907 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A washer woman, lauandiere, buandiere. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 151 A Poor Washer~woman. 1757 S. Foote Author i. 4 Mrs. Suds your Washerwoman. 1799 R. Southey Love Elegies i. 25 No washerwoman's filthy hand shall e'er, Sweet pocket-handkerchief! thy worth profane. 1811 Gen. Regulations & Orders Army 169 Servants..and Washer-women for each Troop. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 358 Mrs. Bardell..looked out his linen for the washerwoman when it went abroad. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 331 The pertinacity with which the washerwoman..brought..her bills week after week. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iv. iii. 121 First Thane. Down with William! Third Thane. The washerwoman's brat! b. washerwoman's fingers, washerwoman's hand, a condition of the hands, characteristic of cholera, resembling the wrinkling of the skin produced in the hands of washerwomen by the action of soap and soda. washerwoman's itch, washerwoman's scall, a form of eczema incident to the hands of washerwomen; washerwoman's skin, skin that is much wrinkled as a result of immersion in water. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > eczema eczema1753 grocers' itch1799 washerwoman's itch1844 Paget's disease1880 cradle cap1890 weeping eczema1899 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of extremities > of the hand wrist-dropa1836 shakiness1862 washerwoman's fingers1894 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > other diseases or conditions impetigo1398 deadingc1400 St Anthonyc1405 foulness1559 acrochordon1565 foulness1583 heat1597 bleach1601 Anthony's fire1609 desquamation1726 sivvens1762 erythema1778 rupia1813 morula1817 dermalgia1842 mycosis1846 cheloid1854 keloid1854 morule1857 kelis1864 dermatosis1866 epithelioma1872 vagabond's disease1876 vagabond's skin1876 dermatitis1877 erysipeloid1888 Ritter's disease1888 acanthosis nigricans1890 angiokeratoma1891 sunburn1891 porokeratosis1893 acrodermatitis1894 epidermolysis1894 keratolysis1895 dermographism1896 neurodermatitis1896 peau d'orange1896 X-ray dermatitis1897 dermatomyositis1899 papulo-erythema1899 pyodermia1899 tar acne1899 dermographia1900 radiodermatitis1903 poikiloderma1907 neurodermatosis1909 leishmanoid1922 razor burn1924 pyoderma1930 photodermatosis1931 photodermatitis1933 necrobiosis lipoidica1934 pyoderma gangrenosum1936 fassy1943 acrodermatitis enteropathica1945 chicken skin1946 nylon stocking dermatitis1947 Sézary('s) syndrome1953 pigskin1966 washerwoman's skin1981 strimmer rash1984 1844 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) Washerwoman's Scall, Psoriasis lotorum. 1894 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. Washerwoman's Hand: See Cholera-hand. Washerwoman's Itch or Scall. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. ii. 60 As in cholera, the serous drain may lead to..pinched features, washerwoman's fingers. 1981 C. A. McLaren Twister over Thames iv. 65 In the light of my discoveries, notably from the wrinkled nature of the skin—washerwoman's skin, it is called..Master Thacker had been immersed for about twelve hours before..discovery. 1985 ‘E. McBain’ Snow White & Rose Red v. 73 When a body hadn't been submerged too long..the so-called washerwoman's skin wasn't too bad. 2. = washer n.1 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail) washerc1325 washstarta1400 wevesterte14.. water swallow1544 dishwasher1575 water-wagtail1593 dishwater1674 seed bird1675 pied wagtail1744 willy wagtail1780 washerwoman1817 wash-dish1825 moll-washer1847 deviling1853 devil's bird1853 tinner1866 peggy1885 1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 546 The Water~wagtail, or as it is called in many parts Dish-washer, or Washerwoman. 1832 Slaney Outl. smaller Brit. Birds 65 (Pied Wagtail) Often called by the common people the dish-washer, or washerwoman. 1862 C. A. Johns Brit. Birds 171 The popular name Washerwoman belongs to the whole family [of wagtails]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1632 |
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