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char-woman

char-woman is the alternative form of charwoman.

Meaning of charwoman

Noun

charwoman (plural charwomen)

  1. (UK) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
    • The cloth was laid by an occasional charwoman, who officiated in the capacity of Mr. Bob Sawyer’s housekeeper; […]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXVIII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Forms of char-woman

pluralchar-women

Questions about char-woman

What is char-woman the alternative form of?
Char-woman is the alternative form of charwoman.

Words near char-woman in the dictionary

  1. char-boys
  2. char-grill
  3. char-grilled
  4. char-grilling
  5. char-grills
  6. char-woman
  7. char-women
  8. char-à-banc
  9. char-à-bancs
  10. chara
  11. charabanc

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