cleaning-lady

A form of cleaning lady — A woman who cleans the interiors of houses or other buildings, normally as paid employment.

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Meanings

nouncleaning-lady (plural cleaning-ladies)

plural cleaning-ladies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cleaning lady.
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    Their plan was deceptively simple. Thelonius’s babymamma Lilette worked as a cleaning-lady – but never for very long. As soon as any household felt the time was right to entrust her with a doorkey, Lilette felt the time was right to entrust it to Thelonius (who had it copied) and then quit the following day.

    1989, Martin Amis, “Little Did They Know”, in London Fields, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 247
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APA

cleaning-lady. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleaning-lady

MLA

“cleaning-lady.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleaning-lady. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cleaning-lady,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleaning-lady.

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