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Noun Concept
Categories: Archaic English words and phrases, Gendered occupations, 19th-century neologisms, Cleaning and maintenance occupations, Terms for females
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charwoman  char  cleaning woman  cleaning lady  woman
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A human female employed to do housework WordNet 3.0
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A human female employed to do housework WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A charwoman is an old-fashioned occupational term, referring to a paid part-time worker who comes into a house or other building to clean it for a few hours of a day or week, as opposed to a maid, who usually lives as part of the household within the structure of domestic service. Wikipedia
A cleaning woman Wikipedia Disambiguation
Domestic worker who usually cleans houses during short visits Wikidata
A woman who cleans private homes, offices or public buildings for payment. OmegaWiki
A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady. Wiktionary
Cleaning woman. Wiktionary (translation)
A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages. Wiktionary
Cleaning lady. Wiktionary (translation)
A woman who cleans. Wiktionary
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I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write WordNet 3.0
The char will clean the carpet WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Oh, good. The cleaning lady came, so I don't have to be embarrassed. - The Girlfriend Experience (via CoCA) Open English WordNet
I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come. Wiktionary
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