It was no use going to the club, for the whitewashers had taken possession of it; never had Jack been so utterly bored and wearied.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
An old charwoman had the charge of it, and was to sleep in the kitchen; but as the workmen were not to come till the day after, she contented herself with merely sweeping down the house in the afternoon, ready for the whitewashers next day; and then, locking all up safe, with old Growler, the dog, inside, she set off, after an early cup of tea, to get in her provisions for the next day.
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip
He waved his cap thrice around his head, and at once little carpenters set to building up the cottage-walls, little whitewashers made the ceilings wholesome, little painters covered all the woodwork with a coat of yellow.
"The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book"
Constance Cary Harrison