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cleaning-lady

cleaning-lady is the alternative form of cleaning lady.

Meaning of cleaning lady

Noun

cleaning lady (plural cleaning ladies)

  1. A woman who cleans the interiors of houses or other buildings, normally as paid employment.
    • Near-synonym: chambermaid (not always differentiated)

Forms of cleaning-lady

pluralcleaning-ladies

Questions about cleaning-lady

What is cleaning-lady the alternative form of?
Cleaning-lady is the alternative form of cleaning lady.

Words near cleaning-lady in the dictionary

  1. cleaning up one's act
  2. cleaning up one's plate
  3. cleaning woman
  4. cleaning women
  5. cleaning-ladies
  6. cleaning-lady
  7. cleanings
  8. cleaningware
  9. cleanish
  10. cleanlier
  11. cleanliest

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