Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: charwoman
IPA transcription: [tʃ'ɑɹwʊmən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: charwoman, char, cleaning_woman, cleaning_lady, woman
    Meaning: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
Usage examples
  • "Let the charwoman alone to be the first!" cried she who had entered first.
  • She kept her word, leaving the place in charge of the charwoman, who, when asked if she could stand the smell, replied, "What smell?" and who, when taken close to the cheeses and told to sniff hard, said she could detect a faint odour of melons.