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charwoman

noun

Etymology

From char + -woman.

  1. derived from *skardaz✻
  2. derived from skard
  3. derived from schar — “flounder, dab”
  4. derived from ceara — “fiery red”
  5. formed as charwoman — “char + -woman”

Definitions

  1. A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and…

    A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.

    • The cloth was laid by an occasional charwoman, who officiated in the capacity of Mr. Bob Sawyer’s housekeeper; […]
    • Through a partly-opened door the noise of a scrubbing-brush led up to the charwoman, Maryann Money, a person who for a face had a circular disc, furrowed less by age than by long gazes of perplexity at distant objects.
    • This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA