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Cleaning Lady

Definition:
A "cleaning lady" is a woman who is hired to help clean a house or an office. She does housework like dusting, vacuuming, mopping, and organizing.

Advanced Usage:

In more formal contexts, you might hear "housekeeper" instead of "cleaning lady." A housekeeper may also take care of other tasks, such as laundry or cooking.

Word Variants:

• Cleaning Man: A male counterpart to a cleaning lady.
• Housekeeper: A person (male or female) who is responsible for cleaning and managing a home, and may have additional responsibilities.

Different Meanings:

While "cleaning lady" typically refers to someone who cleans, in some contexts, it could refer more generally to someone who maintains cleanliness, even in a less formal way (like a friend helping to tidy up).

Synonyms:

• Housekeeper
• Cleaner
• Maid (though "maid" can sometimes imply more duties beyond cleaning)

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

• "Cleaning up": This phrasal verb means to make something clean or tidy. For example, "I need to clean up my room before my friends come over."
• "Clean slate": This idiom means starting fresh or having a new beginning without any previous problems. For example, "After moving to a new city, I felt like I had a clean slate."

Summary:

A "cleaning lady" is a woman who cleans homes or offices. It’s an informal term often used in everyday conversation. You can use it to describe someone you hire to help with cleaning tasks.

Academic

Noun

1. a human female employed to do housework
   • the char will clean the carpet
   • I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write

Synonyms

• charwoman
• char
• cleaning woman
• woman