cleaning woman

Example Sentences

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She worked incognito in jobs around the country at the bottom end of the pay scale: waitress, hotel maid, cleaning woman, a Walmart clerk, averaging about $7 an hour.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

In "The Anatomy Lesson," we meet a cleaning woman, Olivia, described as "a small, bottom-heavy, earthbound stranger, the color of bittersweet chocolate."

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2021

Hoping to create a better life for herself and her son, a cleaning woman starts a crime-scene-cleanup business with her unreliable sister.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2020

Venise Jules, 55, a cleaning woman at a grade school and the mother of Ms. Molière, the unemployed secretary, said her entire family had voted for Mr. Moïse.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2019

Soon they realized that they were paying a cleaning woman and doing most of the work themselves anyhow.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith