sweeper : Idioms & Phrases

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Carpet sweeper

  • noun a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
    sweeper.
WordNet
  • an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets.
Webster 1913

Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper

  • one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.
Webster 1913

street sweeper

  • noun a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
    street cleaner.
WordNet