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In fact, the product’s popularity soared in the Victorian era, when the royal laundress credited her perfectly bright linens to the little blue additive, turning it into a household must-have.
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Harriet Scott, who worked as a laundress into her later years, died in 1876.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Melchor was a foreman on a sugarcane plantation, and Luisa was a laundress.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Several of them are familiar, such as the Seventh Cavalry laundress, a male who posed as a woman and was married to a man for years.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Harriet Scott, who worked as a laundress into her later years, died in 1876.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Melchor was a foreman on a sugarcane plantation, and Luisa was a laundress.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Several of them are familiar, such as the Seventh Cavalry laundress, a male who posed as a woman and was married to a man for years.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laundress
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“Laundress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundress. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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