Except that he exhaled a peculiar druglike odor, he was not personally offensive in domestic contact, and by virtue of being the recognized laundryman of the whole community his own blouses were always freshly washed and ironed.
The laundryman was a kind, wise old fellow, who paid his girls well, looked out for them, and gave them a good home.
The four Danish girls lived with the laundryman and his wife in their house behind the laundry, with a big garden where the clothes were hung out to dry.
Where's that laundryman with the tin thing on his head?
Of course there was no upsetting a precedent established by so illustrious a personage as the Earl of Crawford, and therefore it was that all that our good laundryman threatened came to pass.
Our Samoan laundryman was the source of considerable amusement during our stay in Pago Pago.
Of course the laundryman wouldn't have stolen the baby!
What would Mrs. Creamer do--" Joe helped the shakinglaundryman to lift down the baskets of wash that were already stacked three tiers deep in the wagon.
But Agnes knew that Mrs. Creamer's was one of the first places at which the laundryman stopped.
That when a Chinese laundryman hands one a slip for one's laundry, the Chinese letters which he writes on the slip have nothing to do with the laundry but are in reality a derogatory description of the owner.
Sometimes the chambermaid will ask the laundrymanfor a pair of sheets to make up a sample-room, as the guest wants to receive a customer.
The laundryman replies: "Well, just as soon as the machinery starts again, you may have them.
The laundryman should rise early and have the first washing from the extractor before the laundrygirls make their appearance, which is usually at seven o 'clock.
It is no difficulty for the housekeeper to hire a laundryman and to install him in his work with the words: "This is the laundry; you will meet with many difficulties in your line, but you must work out your own salvation.
In hotels where the houseman gathers the linen from the different floors and carries it direct to the laundry, the laundryman has been known to dump it in the washer without sorting it.
The Laundryman purchased all the supplies for her business, and she knew that buying was a science and a game combined,--a very ancient game which is the basis of "trade.
She had suggested at the beginning helping Ernestine in some way in the business, but the Laundryman had not encouraged that.
After that the Laundryman was known as "Pa" by the trio.
It may have been from a sense of obligation in spending Ernestine's money, for after all the Laundryman was not her legal husband.
It would seem that the Laundryman knew how to be both gentle and firm,--the requisites, so the sages say, for successful domesticity.
Hope they'll have the price for more than one," the former Laundryman observed.
The Laundryman asked in a dull tone:-- "Where'll you get the money to start your cake shop?
The Laundryman had taken a half holiday to welcome her family home after their prolonged vacation.
Therefore when the State of Oregon proceeded against a laundryman for violation of a State Law by working women longer than allowed by that Law, the laundryman promptly appealed from the State Court to the United States Supreme Court.
He will not be distinguished from laundryman "John," and is thrown back in the teeth of his countrymen; meanwhile China continues to be raided by American missionaries.
I heard the following story at a dinner: A Chinese laundryman received a call from a Jew, who brought with him his soiled clothing.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "laundryman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dishwasher; scullion; washer