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CHARWOMAN , one who is hired to do occasional See also:household See also:work . " See also:Char " or " chare," which forms the first See also:part of theword, is See also:common, in many forms, to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, meaning a " turn," and, in this See also:original sense, is seen in " ajar," properly " on char," of a See also:door " on the turn " in the See also:act of closing . It is thus applied to a " turn of work," an See also:odd See also:job, and is so used, in the See also:form " chore," in See also:America, and in dialects of the See also:south-See also:west of See also:England . |
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