scrubwoman
[ skruhb-woom-uhn ]
Origin of scrubwoman
1usage note For scrubwoman
See woman.
Words Nearby scrubwoman
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How to use scrubwoman in a sentence
Those Lydia could do herself, or she could hire an unpresentable older scrubwoman to do them.
The Squirrel-Cage | Dorothy CanfieldI'm afraid that I might sometimes do things that would remind you that I had been only a scrubwoman.
The Definite Object | Jeffery FarnolYou should find that you had married not only a scrubwoman but—the sister of a—thief!
The Definite Object | Jeffery FarnolA scrubwoman answered his ring at 32 Bulfinch Place and left him standing in the hall while she went for the landlady.
The Mission of Poubalov | Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) BurtonIf I were a scrubwoman, and starving, I wouldn't consider a proposal of marriage from that Jap sufficiently long to reject it.
The Pride of Palomar | Peter B. Kyne
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