Someone who cleans with a scrub brush.
"Her floor is scoured every night,
after all are in bed but the unlucky scrubber, Betsy,
the maid of all work."
Mrs. Kirkland in Griswold Prose Writers of America (1839).
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
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- Richard Voorhees
- Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.
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