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charwoman

/chahr-woom-uhn/US // ˈtʃɑrˌwʊm ən //UK // (ˈtʃɑːˌwʊmən) //

女巫,女郎,女巫的故事,魅力女人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural char·wom·en.

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

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Examples

  • In fact, there doesn’t seem much to like about Bedford, who often treated her meekly devoted lovers like servants and charwomen.

  • No woman, not even a charwoman, should be allowed to use the posting privilege, unless she has a reference.

  • When the carriage was gone they ascended the stairs to wash their hands, the charwoman showing the way.

  • When Pritchard the charwoman came, he asked her if she had been taking the curtain out of the tub, and she said No.

  • She would be called in England a charwoman, but in this America of the vast mongrel heterogenesis she is an unclassified laborer.

  • Charwoman agrees with me that it is disgraceful—especially the locking up of the larder.