laun·dress

[lawn-dris, lahn-]
noun
a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.

Origin:
1540–50; obsolete launder launderer (see launder) + -ess

un·der·laun·dress, noun


See -ess.
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laundress (ˈlɔːndrɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a woman who launders clothes, sheets, etc, for a living

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Laundress is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Fires are built in their camps and also for interpretive programs such as
  blacksmithing and laundress demonstrations.
She worked as a domestic servant, laundress, and later sold hair-care products
  door to door.
She became a laundress in the camp and found official papers from inside an
  officer's coat.
She hauled water to the laundress where a fire was roaring and spitting and
  clothes were bubbling in a big iron pot.
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