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janitor

[jan-i-ter] / ˈdʒæn ɪ tər /


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The company hires people for roles like janitor, maintenance worker and in other trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

I used to be a janitor, and I used to move furniture, so podcasting and stand-up is not so bad when you talk about having a job.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The son of parents who fled Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s, Tiafoe used to sleep on the floor at a plush Maryland tennis centre where his father was a janitor.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

“What would bring him to that point. I thought, ‘What if he was a janitor when he was younger, and someone noticed and trained him?’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

The one that knocked his tooth out has got himself a purple, steel-buttoned outfit that looks like a cast-off janitor uniform.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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