scrubwoman

American  

[skruhb-woom-uhn] / ˈskrʌbˌwʊm ən /

noun

scrubwomen plural

1. a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.

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Sensitive Note

See woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• scrubwomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of scrubwoman

First recorded in 1870–75; scrub ¹ + woman

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

scrubwoman scrubwomen

Once in a while, his mother still worked as a scrubwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the ancient city of Fez, a heavily veiled scrubwoman candidly declared, "I do not know what it is all about, but I am going to vote for my King."

From Time Magazine Archive

She retired in 1918, moved to Shanghai, returned to the U.S. penniless in 1943, and set to work as a scrubwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old as egg-throwing as a source of youthfully brutal humor* is the college scrubwoman, "goody," "biddy" or "P-lady."

From Time Magazine Archive

Johnny looked like a handsome, devil-may-care Irish boy instead of the husband of a scrubwoman and the father of two children who were always hungry.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

What has hit them hardest is the demand of scrubwomen, kitchen help and janitors to be paid what is called a living wage.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the last copyreader has gone home, before dawn and the scrubwomen have come, he stays there alone, writing the story of his life.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she tells an anecdote, gesturing extravagantly, she plays all the roles involved, right down to such spear-carriers as waiters and scrubwomen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last year, when he demanded that the Government suppress sitdown strikes, Massachusetts Labor sharply reminded him of Harvard's underpaid scrubwomen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ten thousand men working through the night had touched up the paint and staff and planted pansies and laid sod as a thousand scrubwomen washed, waxed, and polished the floors of the great buildings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson