Citations:labandera

English citations of labandera

Noun: "a laundrywoman"

• 2001 — Reuters, Arroyo's Pride (06 May), New Sunday Times, page 3:

  Supporters of former jailed leader Joseph Estrada who tried to storm the presidential palace on Tuesday taunted Arroyo with the chant "Gloria, Gloria Labandera." [...] Labandera is Tagalog for laundrywoman, one of the lowliest occupation for a Filipina. [...] "I'm proud of the fact that my grandmother was in fact a laundrywoman," said Arroyo, whose father was former President Diosdado Macapagal. Arroyo became President, in January.

Cebuano citations of labandera

Noun: "a laundrywoman"

• 2011 — Tiu, Macario D., Ang Pangandoy ni Peryang (05 July), Bisag Unsa, Mindaviews, MindaNews

  Sa Zamboanga, misulod siyag lain-laing trabaho: katabang, labandera, wetres. Alang kaniya, mas maayo ni nga mga trabaho kaysa magguyod og kanding o kaha magbunglay sa yuta. Gawas pa, nalingaw siya sa siyudad tungod sa mga sinehan.

• 2014 — Logroño, Guam P., Misis `Gipatay' sa Bana Ginamit Ang Silhig Tukog (09 October), Pungko-pungko, Opinyon, SuperBalita

  Namatay ang usa ka labandera human bunalig silhig-tukog sa iyang bana nga adik niadtong Miyerkulis sa alas 8:30 sa buntag sa Sitio Banker 2, Barangay Baring, Carmen, amihanang Sugbo.