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charwomen

charwomen is the plural 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

Questions about charwomen

What is charwomen the plural of?
Charwomen is the plural of charwoman.

Words near charwomen in the dictionary

  1. charvs
  2. Charwat
  3. Charwelton
  4. charwoman
  5. charwomanly
  6. charwomen
  7. chary
  8. Charybdian
  9. Charybdis
  10. charybdotoxin
  11. charybdotoxins

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