scrubwoman

[ skruhb-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural scrub·wom·en.

1. a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.

Sensitive Note

See woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrubwoman¹

First recorded in 1870–75; scrub ¹ + woman

Example Sentences

Johnny looked like a handsome, devil-may-care Irish boy instead of the husband of a scrubwoman and the father of two children who were always hungry.

From Literature

She scrubbed Francie’s head with a cake of her coarse strong yellow scrubwoman’s soap until her scalp tingled with rawness.

From Literature

“I am a scrubwoman without education.”

From Literature

Dropping to the floor in front of a startled scrubwoman, she hopped up, brushed the rushes off her clothes, and was off again, out the door and along a long hall, down a stair, across a hidden courtyard, around a comer and over a wall and through a low narrow window into a pitch-dark cellar.

From Literature

ANDERSON, RAGNE, 39 years old, scrubwoman, Iroquois; 229 Grand avenue.

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