house cleaner

noun

: a person whose job is to keep the rooms in a house or apartment clean

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To some, sort of like a house cleaner. — Eva Flowe june 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 Levy claimed that a house cleaner had cleaned the bathtub with bleach earlier. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026 Lightning, in other words, was built like a greyhound, not a house cleaner. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026 This tends to cost money — for example, hiring a house cleaner or child care. — Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for house cleaner

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