Obs. [f. LAUNDRESS sb.] a. trans. To furnish with laundresses. b. intr. To act as a laundress.
1612. Webster, White Devil, G 2. Did I want Ten leash of Curtisans, it would furnish me; Nay lawndrese three Armies.
1636. Sir H. Blount, Voy. Levant, 14. Their Wives are used … but to dresse their meat, to Laundresse [etc.].
