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charwoman::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | char, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman |
| Type of | cleaner |
Examples of charwoman
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So were a Tel Aviv streetwalker, a Dutch charwoman and a Hollywood screenwriter.
From the post-gazette.com
Only a black charwoman, Ella Watson, and Parks remained in the office.
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It's the story of Mrs. Downey, a childless Scottish charwoman who lives and works in London.
From the sltrib.com
Katie West makes a kindly charwoman, Doris, though her voice pipes.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The charwoman turned a tense situation into one of great comedy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He remains a product of his humble beginnings in South London, where he was born Maurice Micklewhite, the son of a fish market porter and a charwoman.
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Holli Saperstein plays a wide range of characters, from the gracious Ghost of Christmas Present to the cackling charwoman who sells Scrooge's belongings.
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Thinly disguised for a time as a charwoman, Audrey plays the daughter of a fine old French family with a congenital weakness for forging old masters.
From the time.com
Indeed, it is fodder for the conversation of board chairman and bored charwoman, of young and old, of the bright, the dull, the rich and the poor.
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- A human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
- A charlady, char or charwoman was an English house cleaner. The term has the same roots as "chore woman," one hired to do odd chores around the house. ...
- A cleaning woman, from the root for "chore."
- A woman hired to work around the house - cleaning, tidying, mending etc.
- A woman hired for the day for housework.
- Hired by the Samsas to replace their live-in servant, the charwoman is a tough old woman who, unlike the other characters, is neither horrified nor frightened by Gregor's insect form. She often taunts Gregor, calling him an "old dung beetle" and at one point threatens him with a chair. ...
