A postman, a washerwoman, a circular, a bill-she presented herself with each of these perfectly natural possibilities; but, to her surprise, her mind rejected each one of them impatiently, even apprehensively.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
Tea is my favorite beverage-I am quite an old washerwoman!"
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
"Major's washerwoman, sir," said the dragoon promptly.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn