charwoman
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His mother, Georgina, was a charwoman, but he recalled nothing of his father, Thomas, who worked in an iron foundry.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2020
His father was a marble worker, and his mother was a charwoman.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2015
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
Her stepmother, Susie Peeler Johnson, worked as a charwoman at the grand Union Station train depot to help support the family.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
No longer will there be the old carefree days of private flats and charwomen who bring in a bedside cup of early-morning tea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half an hour after adjournment the Senate floor was empty except for some charwomen standing hesitantly around the walls and a lone Senator bent over his desk with head in arms.
From Time Magazine Archive
In room No. 1037 on the south side of a massive, red-brick building in St. Paul last week charwomen were dusting and cleaning and bustling about.
From Time Magazine Archive
He preached quietly, but with an actor's skill, and in a voice so rich and delicate that board chairmen and bored charwomen alike would come back again and again for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
I once, indeed, overheard part of a dialogue between Leah and one of the charwomen, of which Grace formed the subject.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
