charwomen
- plural of charwoman.
Example Sentences
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Bankers and charwomen stampeded his ramshackle office in Boston's Pie Alley to lend him money.
From Time Magazine Archive
He preached quietly, but with an actor's skill, and in a voice so rich and delicate that board chairmen and bored charwomen alike would come back again and again for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
In room No. 1037 on the south side of a massive, red-brick building in St. Paul last week charwomen were dusting and cleaning and bustling about.
From Time Magazine Archive
A determined democrat as well as a crusading Tory, she once had some Whitehall charwomen in to afternoon tea at 10 Downing Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
I once, indeed, overheard part of a dialogue between Leah and one of the charwomen, of which Grace formed the subject.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
