Charwoman, chargirl, charlady and char are occupational terms referring to a paid part-time worker who comes into a house or other building to clean it for a few hours of a day or week, as opposed to
A 1943 photograph of a charwoman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Carol Burnett's charwoman character, 1974
A washerwoman or laundress was a person, usually a woman, employed to wash laundry by hand, before the widespread use of washing machines and commercial laundries. The profession existed in many cultu
Bronze sculpture by Renoir, 1916
Washerwomen by the river, 20th century Poland
The annual dance of the washerwomen in one district of Paris, 1872
The Huaso and the Washerwoman by Mauricio Rugendas (1835)