| On the outskirts of the city by the river I watch washerwomen scrub clothes at giant water tanks. |
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| Some of these women were employed as washerwomen or cooks, but most were not listed with an occupation. |
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| His subjects were factory workers, bellboys, washerwomen, road workers and beggars. |
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| Others were seamstresses, barkeeps, gardeners, washerwomen, and confectioners. |
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| We were painfully aware that the poorest of the poor, such as washerwomen and casual labourers, were still unable to borrow, because they lacked enterprises. |
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| Charles Letellier, for instance, decried the figure's indecent state of undress and compared her bare arms to those of modern grisettes and washerwomen. |
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| Then, in the greatest tradition of cinema, they decide instead to try and invade the most strategic fort, currently held by the enemy, by sneaking in disguised as washerwomen. |
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| Her characters in fiction and drama included domestic workers, washerwomen, seamstresses, and the unemployed, as well as dancers, artists, and teachers. |
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| Other witnesses were washerwomen, tavern keepers, or dockworkers. |
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| The Corbie Haugh on the far bank featured the Corbie Well, which provided refreshment for the washerwomen as they pegged out their sheets on the grass. |
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| Neruda was now completely preoccupied with writing Odes to Washerwomen, to Dead Millionaires and a switchbladed bit of verse called The United Fruit Company. |
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