cleaning woman
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 had to keep the paint-room door locked to keep the cleaning woman and my daughter and anyone else from coming in,” she said of the basement where she painted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2022
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
His mother, Effie, occasionally got work as a cleaning woman.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2020
Although the Sunset Towers cleaning woman always wore black, here it reminded Grace Wexler to dab at her eyes with a lace handkerchief.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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