WASHERWOMAN

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun

( plural washerwomen )

1. : laundress ; especially : one who takes in washing

2.

[so called from the resemblance of the up-and-down motion of its tail to the motion of a woman scrubbing clothes]

dialect England : pied wagtail