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Charwomen

Charwoman \Char"wom`an\ (ch[^a]r"w[oo^]m`an), n.; pl. Charwomen (ch[^a]r"w[i^]m`[e^]n). [See Char a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

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charwomen

n. (plural of charwoman English)

Usage examples of "charwomen".

This being Wednesday and his morning free from supervising the Rialto’s charwomen, Grope had walked abroad to contemplate man’s inhumanity to man and to think up rhymes afresh.

But having repaired his lapse he inadvertently fell asleep again in one of the seats and remained there until the arrival of the charwomen some six hours later.

I am not in the mood to fuck around with charwomen, keep them out of here, they prowl this hotel like crippled wolves .

Chaos in the Denver airport -- soaking sweats and all flights canceled -- charwomen working -- lying swine at the counters -- here boy, rent this car.

Desperately I hoped that charwomen would appear as they had at the Pavilion, that one of them would be mad Alice to rescue me from my straits, but none arrived.