window washer

High-rise glass cleaner

A window washer is a person who cleans windows professionally, especially on tall buildings where the work requires scaffolding, platforms, or harnesses: The window washers descended the skyscraper on suspended platforms.

The term also refers to the cleaning fluid used on car windshields, dispensed through the wiper system.

Opposites
interior versus exterior cleaning work

window washeroffice cleaner

Workplace sanitation employee

housekeeper · maid · floor cleaner · carpet cleaner · bathroom attendant

cleaning versus dirtying

window washervandal

Willful property destroyer

graffiti artist · defacer · polluter · litterer

high-altitude versus ground-level work

window washersewer worker

One who tends underground drains

custodian · groundskeeper · housekeeping staff · tunnel worker

Family

wash, wind, window, windows, washer, windowed, windowpane, windowless, window's

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G