What's the difference between washerwoman and washerwomen?
Washerwoman
Definition:
(n.) A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
(n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) The toad, by no means a looker, can pass as a washerwoman.
(2) These people look about as middle-class as Mr Toad looked like a washerwoman.
(3) An investigation method is proposed to find out quantitatively the beginning and the degree of "washerwoman's hands" at the fingertips.
Washerwomen
Definition:
(pl. ) of Washerwoman
Example Sentences:
(1) Degas didn't just paint dancers, I discovered, he painted horses and washerwomen and milliners, and women getting awkwardly in and out of bathtubs, or combing their or some other girl's hair.
(2) Washerwomen's hands are classified into four categories that allow practical, usable conclusions to be drawn about the duration of submersion.
(3) Jobs have disappeared throughout history as a result of technological advance: you would be hard-pressed to find many washerwomen since washing machines became ubiquitous.
(4) The carefree blonde washerwomen of his paintings appear to have started a new trend for representing the city’s favelas with an unrealistic sentimentality.