washerman

«washerman» in Mova's school dictionary: a man whose job is washing other people's clothes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (washermen)

meaning for a pupil

1) A washerman is a man whose job is washing other people's clothes. tree →

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 →

sense 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 →
• The hare gravely replied, «This is a washerman's donkey.» tree →
• The shark did not like being laughed at and asked what the joke about a washerman's donkey meant. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «washerman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.