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Char

noun

A charred substance.

A human female employed to do housework. Synonyms: charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman. "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus. Synonym: charr.

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"Char" Quotes from Famous Books

... my mother came to town by herself, there was a row with the servant, I was told to leave the room; the servant and gardener were both turned off that day and hour, a char-woman was had in, a temporary gardener got, and my mother went back to my sick father. Years passed away, and when I had greater experience and thought of all this, concluded that my aunt had found the gardener and the servant amusing themselves too freely, had had them dismissed, and that the ...

— My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. - 1888 Edition • Anonymous

... and entertaining. "Scouts" are a kind of servant attached to one student or a small number of students. They run errands, bring meals from the kitchen, and take care of clothing. A bootblack called the "boots" takes care of footwear. A charwoman called the "char" cleaned the rooms. ...

— Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes

Words linked to "Char" : salmonid, swinge, bone black, genus Salvelinus, scorch, c, burn, cookery, animal black, atomic number 6, cooking, preparation, carbon, combust, Salvelinus alpinus, cleaner, Salvelinus, singe, snuff