scrubwoman

[ skruhb-woom-uhn ]

/ ˈskrʌbˌwʊm ən /

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noun, plural scrub·wom·en.

a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.

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Origin of scrubwoman

First recorded in 1870–75; scrub¹ + woman

usage note for scrubwoman

See woman.

Words nearby scrubwoman

scrubs, scrub suit, scrub turkey, scrub typhus, scrub-up, scrubwoman, scruff, scruffy, scrum, scrum half, scrummage

How to use scrubwoman in a sentence

Those Lydia could do herself, or she could hire an unpresentable older scrubwoman to do them.
The Squirrel-Cage|Dorothy Canfield
I'm afraid that I might sometimes do things that would remind you that I had been only a scrubwoman.
The Definite Object|Jeffery Farnol
You should find that you had married not only a scrubwoman but—the sister of a—thief!
The Definite Object|Jeffery Farnol
A scrubwoman answered his ring at 32 Bulfinch Place and left him standing in the hall while she went for the landlady.
The Mission of Poubalov|Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton

If I were a scrubwoman, and starving, I wouldn't consider a proposal of marriage from that Jap sufficiently long to reject it.
The Pride of Palomar|Peter B. Kyne