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# washerman

noun (washermen)

«washerman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A washerman is a man whose job is washing other people's clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washerman/#m1)
2. In an old saying, «a washerman's donkey» is a silly or put-upon creature, used as a joke about being made to do someone else's work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washerman/#m2)

### In the lessons

a plain job of work in old tales; the saying «a washerman's donkey» is a joke about a fool who is taken for a beast of burden

### Examples

- Do you take me for a washerman's donkey? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washerman/#x1)
- The hare gravely replied, «This is a washerman's donkey.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washerman/#x2)
- The shark did not like being laughed at and asked what the joke about a washerman's donkey meant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washerman/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «washerman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washerman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«washerman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washerman.html) on Mova free.