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[syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman]
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]
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]