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Definition of Scrubwoman
1. Noun. (American English) A woman who has been hired to do general housework, such as clean a house, or place of business. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrubwoman
1. [n -WOMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrubwoman
Literary usage of Scrubwoman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Masterpieces by Isidore Singer, William Guild Howard (1914)
"scrubwoman (after a pause). She's still alive. GERARDO (jumps up, rushes to the
door and runs into the proprietor. Putts him forward). Send for the police ! ..."
2. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann by Gerhart Hauptmann (1915)
"The FIRST scrubwoman kneels on the tiles of the halls, the SECOND on the stairs.
... FIRST scrubwoman [To her who kneels at work on the stairs. ..."
3. The Changing Drama: Contributions and Tendencies by Archibald Henderson (1914)
"You asserted the other day that, in certain circumstances, a barber or a scrubwoman
might as fittingly be the protagonist of a tragedy as Lady Macbeth or ..."
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