charwoman
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Burnett was rehearsing for a Thanksgiving TV special with Dick Van Dyke — she sang a number as a character who would become her trademark, the charwoman.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
She later got a job as a charwoman, but left her employers, stealing some clothes.
From BBC ● May 1, 2021
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
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
One involved two London charwomen discussing the inconveniences of a blackout.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the charwomen to the foreign correspondents, everybody who works for the London Daily Telegraph got a jubilant mimeographed note from the boss, and an extra week's pay.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, the lively Portuguese�gate crashers, airport mechanics and charwomen as well as invited guests �crowded around Margaret in a most un-British manner.
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
