cleaning lady

noun

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

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In High Potential, Olson stars as Morgan, a single mother with an IQ of 160 working a cleaning lady at the Los Angeles Police Department who becomes a consultant for the LAPD’s Major Crimes division. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025 The opening scene is a beauty, as a cleaning lady tries to suck up a dust bunny and appears to be scared to death by what comes bursting out of the vacuum cleaner. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024

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