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• carpet sweeper
  carpet sweeper

  noun

  a pushable, long-handled implement for removing dirt, lint, etc., from rugs and carpets, consisting of a metal case enclosing one or more brushes that rotate.
• carpet-sweeper
  carpet-sweeper

  noun

  a household device with a revolving brush for sweeping carpets

carpet sweeper

American  

noun

1. a pushable, long-handled implement for removing dirt, lint, etc., from rugs and carpets, consisting of a metal case enclosing one or more brushes that rotate.

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carpet-sweeper British  

noun

1. a household device with a revolving brush for sweeping carpets

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Etymology

Origin of carpet sweeper

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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“I love my carpet sweeper music,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

The opera’s second act begins with a scene showing Anne at home with Susan, using an old-fashioned carpet sweeper.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

One of the most popular non-electrical labour-saving devices was the mechanical carpet sweeper, which first went on sale in Britain in 1889.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2018

But should the bedroom tea-maker, the carpet sweeper and the hostess trolley be consigned to the dustbin of history?

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2018

It is much easier to carry a carpet sweeper if you take hold near the sweeper part than it is if you take hold at the end of the handle.

From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie

What the mischief are you hanging about for, Brown?” he asked, turning to the steward, who was standing by with a carpet-sweeper in his hand.

From The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

He pointed to a carpet-sweeper which lay against the wall.

From The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

One of her assistants was a positive marvel—a human carpet-sweeper.

From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones

When you remove the waste from your carpet-sweeper, carefully cut the lint and hair from the revolving rolls and brushes.

From Food and Health by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company

While her lodgers were at church the tireless Mrs. Schiller was doing a little housecleaning: he could hear the monotonous rasp of a carpet-sweeper passing back and forth in an adjoining room.

From The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

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