Meaning of SWEEPER
| Pronunciation: | | 'sweeer
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- [n] little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
- [n] a cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet
- [n] an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
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| | Synonyms: | | carpet sweeper |
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| | See Also: | | cleaning implement, employee, family Pempheridae, Pempheridae, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | |
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| | Definition: | | \Sweep"er\, n.
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a
sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy.
--Huxley.
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