Charwoman
['tʃɑːwʊmən] or ['tʃɑrwʊmən]
Definition
(noun.) a human female employed to do housework; 'the char will clean the carpet'; 'I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write'.
Editor: Winthrop--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
Typist: Shirley
Definition
See Chare.
Editor: Will
Examples
- Leah had been saying something I had not caught, and the charwoman remarked-- She gets good wages, I guess? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was awakened at daybreak by the charwoman, and having arrived at the inn, was at first placed inside the coach. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These are the thanks he gets for trudging about three mortal weeks from house-painter to upholsterer, from cabinet-maker to charwoman. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I wonder whether the master-- The charwoman was going on; but here Leah turned and perceived me, and she instantly gave her companion a nudge. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mrs. Tinker, Miss Sharp; Miss Governess, Mrs. Charwoman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The servant next door went for him, for the charwoman is gone home. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- So they had to keep a charwoman in almost constant employ. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She is a good hand, I daresay, said the charwoman. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I once, indeed, overheard part of a dialogue between Leah and one of the charwomen, of which Grace formed the subject. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionnaire's office, and putting on list slippers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typed by Julie