† washmaidn.
Obsolete.
A maid-servant employed in washing clothes.
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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
c1610 Lady Compton in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1808) III. 438 Not pestering my Things with my Womens, nor theirs with Chambermaids, nor theirs with Washmaids.
1673 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 550 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 To my Lady's washmayd, 1 ginny, 1li. 1s. 0d.
1682 T. Shadwell Lancashire-witches ii. i. 17 My Woman-Chambermaid, Wash-maid, Cook-Maid, &c.
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