charwoman

Example Sentences

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In Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Charwoman Mary Cowan spotted an ad for old books, packed off some first editions of Shakespeare from the Memorial Theater where she worked.

From Time Magazine Archive

Local police were snugly in bed until the next morning, when Charwoman Incarnation Olivares arrived, took one look at the bare walls, shrieked: "Mon Dieu, they have pulled off the museum!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Farrell, a lean, highly respectable Irish Charwoman of about 50 comes in.

From Press Cuttings by Shaw, Bernard

I have it not before me, but I remember a capital simile of the Charwoman letting in her Watchman husband, which is better than Butler's Lobster turned to Red.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

Charwoman agrees with me that it is disgraceful—especially the locking up of the larder.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 by Various