charwoman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
charwoman
    n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will
         clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours
         a day while I write" [syn: {charwoman}, {char}, {cleaning
         woman}, {cleaning lady}, {woman}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Charwoman \Char"wom`an\ (ch[^a]r"w[oo^]m`an), n.; pl.
   {Charwomen} (ch[^a]r"w[i^]m`[e^]n). [See {Char} a chore.]
   A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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