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charlady

noun
/ˈtʃɑːˌleɪ.di/UK

Etymology

From char (“chore”) + lady.

  1. inherited from hlǣfdīġe
  2. inherited from lady
  3. compounded as charlady — “char + lady”

Definitions

  1. A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.

    • He is shown choking back tears as he discovers that his great, great, great grandmother was a charlady in Scotland who died in her thirties of tuberculosis and exhaustion.

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