charwoman

Example Sentences

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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

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