charwoman

[ chahr-woo m-uh n ]

/ ˈtʃɑrˌwʊm ən /

a woman hired to do general cleaning, especially in an office or large house.

Origin of charwoman

First recorded in 1590–1600; char³ + woman

The only person inside the gloomy building was a charwoman cleaning.

Jude the Obscure |Thomas Hardy
Everywhere milk is scarce and poor, and the butter such as no charwoman would touch in England.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876 |Various
Waitle youre married yourself, me fine lady: you'll find out that every woman is a charwoman from the day shes married.

Press Cuttings |George Bernard Shaw
We all know the charwoman, and have begun to forget our native modification of char, to wit, chore.

The American Language |Henry L. Mencken

An old woman entered, an old woman who was employed at the Old Mill as a charwoman.

The Frontier |Maurice LeBlanc

charwoman

/ (ˈtʃɑːˌwʊmən) /

British a woman who is hired to clean, tidy, etc, in a house or office