charwoman

Example Sentences

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Watson, the woman in the image, was a so-called “charwoman” or janitor at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

In fact, there doesn’t seem much to like about Bedford, who often treated her meekly devoted lovers like servants and charwomen.

From Washington Post

His mother, Georgina, was a charwoman, but he recalled nothing of his father, Thomas, who worked in an iron foundry.

From BBC

Her father, a shipyard worker, died of pneumonia a month before her birth, and her mother worked as a charwoman to raise her and her sister, Dot.

From Seattle Times