charwoman

Example Sentences

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She later got a job as a charwoman, but left her employers, stealing some clothes.

From BBC • May 1, 2021

Burnett donated that stunning assemblage to the National Museum of American History, along with her charwoman costume, which is on view in the museum’s Laughing Matters display.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2016

His father was a marble cutter, his mother a charwoman.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

Oaks' swishy Marc Anthony and a hilarious, light- fingered Gommels as the Polish charwoman piano accompanist for the travesty.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2010

The charwoman was going on; but here Leah turned and perceived me, and she instantly gave her companion a nudge.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë