scrubwoman
noun
a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
scrubwomen
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pluralof scrubwoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
He is a mild and scholarly Jesuit whose students are electricians, scrubwomen, plumbers, bus drivers, pipe fitters, and wire lathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
He lives in an empty barnlike structure which has not been troubled by scrubwomen for months.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only grownups in the audience were the theatre's three scrubwomen, delegated to the task of suppressing unnecessary Hogmanay enthusiasms.
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
