Definition of char:
""I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the char couldn't come""
(v) :
to
turn, especially away or aside; to
work, especially to do housework
"1893, She explained that she was the commissionaire's wife, who did the charing, and I gave her the order for the coffee. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Naval Treaty' (Norton 2005, p.677)"