scrubwoman
Americannoun
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scrubwomen
plural
Sensitive Note
See woman.
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Etymology
Origin of scrubwoman
Example Sentences
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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
Once in a while, his mother still worked as a scrubwoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said a London scrubwoman: "I'd never 'ave thought it of 'em."
From Time Magazine Archive
He does it every time, and so does the scrubwoman.
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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
He lives in an empty barnlike structure which has not been troubled by scrubwomen for months.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curley was famous for having insisted that the scrubwomen in city hall be given long-handled brushes, the better to spare their knees.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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
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