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charlady

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Charlady (noun) means a woman whose job is cleaning homes and offices.

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A woman whose job is cleaning homes and offices.
"He is shown choking back tears as he discovers that his great, great, great grandmother was a charlady in Scotland who died in her thirties of tuberculosis and exhaustion." — Owen Gibson, Past lives bring Paxman to tears (2005)
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Etymology

Formed from char (“chore”) and lady.

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"charlady" (noun) means a woman whose job is cleaning homes and offices.
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Other words for "charlady" include char, charwoman.

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