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
Will they take note, as I hope they do, of Dolly De Leon’s revelatory performance as a yacht cleaning woman who nails her own “I am the captain now” moment?
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2022
A cleaning woman lets her in, but that doesn't bring much in the way of relief as all her stuff is missing.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2022
Venise Jules, 55, a cleaning woman at a grade school and the mother of Ms. Molière, the unemployed secretary, said her entire family had voted for Mr. Moïse.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2019
The Samsa married couple sat upright in their marriage bed and had to get over their fright at the cleaning woman before they managed to grasp her message.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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