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
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
His mother, Effie, occasionally got work as a cleaning woman.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2020
They met the cleaning woman, Maria Martinez, in the corridor.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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