charlady

American  

[chahr-ley-dee] / ˈtʃɑrˌleɪ di /

noun

British.

plural

charladies

1. a charwoman.

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charlady British  

/ ˈtʃɑːˌleɪdɪ /

noun

1. another name for charwoman

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Etymology

Origin of charlady

First recorded in 1905–10; char(woman) + lady

Example Sentences

This is Lesley Manville in last summer’s “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” playing a British charlady in midcentury England who saves her money to realize her dream of owning a Dior gown.

From Seattle Times

If anyone can straighten out this mess, it’s Mrs. Groynes, the charlady for the police station and the mastermind of the town’s criminal activities.

From New York Times

But that vindication comes long after the madcap plot has wended its way through the town’s seedier holiday attractions and bumped up against a ragtag selection of miscreants, among the police-station charlady and “criminal mastermind,” Mrs Groynes.

From Washington Post

Robbie held the man's eye and answered pleasantly that his father had walked out long ago and that his mother was a charlady who supplemented her income as an occasional clairvoyant.

From Literature

Previously she worked at a printing company, a doll factory, in a delicatessen and as a charlady.

From New York Times