Word Meanings - WASHERMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
Related words: (words related to WASHERMAN)
- CLOTHESLINE
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry. - CLOTHESHORSE
A frame to hang clothes on. - CLOTHESPIN
A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line. - CLOTHES
1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, - CLOTHESPRESS
A receptacle for clothes. - BEDCLOTHES
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. - SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. - SHORTCLOTHES
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings. - GRAVECLOTHES
The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred. - BOTHERSOME
Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome. - UNDERCLOTHES
Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.