cleaning lady

noun

variants or cleaning woman
: a woman whose job is to clean offices or houses

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As a producer hunched beneath the tank to show a service technician the filtration system over video call, a cleaning lady entered the room with machinery. Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 In the film, Field portrays Tova, the cleaning lady who bonds with the somewhat cranky Marcellus, an octopus wise behind his years, in Netflix’s screen adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel. Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 July 2026 Sally Field plays Tova Sullivan, an elderly widow who works nights as a cleaning lady at an aquarium on Puget Sound. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 May 2026 In it, after her fisherman husband disappears at sea, Telsi takes a job as a cleaning lady on a boat moored at the local marina, guarded by a group of women. John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cleaning lady

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“Cleaning lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleaning%20lady. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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