scrubwoman

[ skruhb-woo m-uh n ]

/ ˈskrʌbˌwʊm ən /

a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.

Origin of scrubwoman

First recorded in 1870–75; scrub¹ + woman

See woman.

scrubboard, scrubby, scrubdown, scrubland, scrubs, scrubwoman, scruff, scruffy, scrum, scrum half, scrummage

The fat Irishwoman had worked at the hotel two years, the scrubwoman almost that long.

Working With the Working Woman |Cornelia Stratton Parker
Major Lyddite tied th' scoor be nailin' a scrubwoman on th' top iv a ladder.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy |Finley Peter Dunne
They are of every class and rank and kind, from marchioness to scrubwoman.

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II |Burton J. Hendrick
I'm afraid that I might sometimes do things that would remind you that I had been only a scrubwoman.

The Definite Object |Jeffery Farnol

The cook had married a scrubwoman and the scrubwoman's daughter had married the drainman who had charge of the sewers.

Comrades |Thomas Dixon