street sweeper
English
Noun
street sweeper (plural street sweepers)
- A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
- Synonyms: (Philippines) metro aide, roadsweeper, (Britain, dialectal, dated) scaffie, (Scotland, colloquial) scaffy, (UK, obsolete) scavenger, street cleaner, streetcleaner, (US) whitewing
- A machine used to sweep streets.
Alternative forms
Translations
person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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machine used to sweep streets
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References
- “street-sweeper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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