cleaning woman

American  

noun

1. a woman employed to sweep, mop, dust, or do general cleaning in a house, office, hotel, or the like.

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cleaning woman

How did “The Shape of Water,” a movie about a mute cleaning woman falling truly, madly, deeply in love with a fish-man, wind up winning the Oscar for best picture?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

She worked incognito in jobs around the country at the bottom end of the pay scale: waitress, hotel maid, cleaning woman, a Walmart clerk, averaging about $7 an hour.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022

I was working as a cleaning woman in the library during the day and doing underground theater in the evening.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

In "The Anatomy Lesson," we meet a cleaning woman, Olivia, described as "a small, bottom-heavy, earthbound stranger, the color of bittersweet chocolate."

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021

A cleaning woman answered the door and when I came into the room where he was sitting, he looked very pleased and not at all surprised.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles