cleaning woman
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈkliːnɪŋ ˈwʊmən/
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limpiadora
- The cleaning woman arrives each morning to ensure the office is spotless.
- hired a cleaning woman
- work as a cleaning woman
- hotel cleaning woman
Examples
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My cleaning woman won $168 million in the lottery and she asked for the day off.
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I'm sorry, sir, but we have a complete staff of cleaning women.
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Probably had to ask the cleaning woman where I was.
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Well, I guess the cleaning woman had it for her lunch.
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Was she a cleaning woman at the apartment you lived in?
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I am a cleaning woman.
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"Did you hear that?" he asked the cleaning woman.
Fiction book (1996) -
The other week, the cleaning woman had a family problem and didn't come.
Fiction book (1993) -
"I don't have a husband," the cleaning woman said.
Fiction book (1991) -
Thank goodness these cleaning women are here to clean up this dreadful mess.
Synonyms
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1.0
A woman paid to clean and cook in another person's home
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1.5
A person who cleans and looks after a building like a school or office
51
1.0
A person who cleans houses or offices as their job
27
1.0
A woman who cleans houses or offices for pay
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2.4
A woman paid to clean and do other jobs in a home
3
7.1
A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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1.9
A person who cleans homes for money
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2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
1
9.9
A woman who cleans houses or offices for pay
1
2.6
A person paid to clean and cook in a home
1
9.9
An old word for a woman who cleans houses for a living
1
9.7
A woman who cleans houses or offices, often in the past
A woman who cleans and looks after a building
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a woman who is employed to clean' is directly and compositionally derived from 'cleaning' (the action of cleaning) modifying 'woman' (an adult female). This attributive noun + head noun pattern is a standard, cross-linguistic construction and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase cleaning woman is just cleaning + woman. Picture a woman with a mop and a bucket who comes to tidy rooms and empty bins, so it means 'a woman employed to clean'.