charwoman

Example Sentences

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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

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

Frau Mikes turned out to be an Austrian woman who had worked as a charwoman in an office building.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom