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  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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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

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

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

If there are rugs, use a carpet sweeper, if you have one, or a broom.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

Between them lies their latest purchase, a brand-new patent carpet-sweeper, made in Ohio, and going, who knows where among the hills of Bashan.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Henry Van Dyke

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

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

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

They have many household conveniences: running water in a barrel, a blue flame oil stove, a bread-mixer, and a carpet-sweeper.

From The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow

Romola flew to the kitchen and borrowed an apron from the cook, tied a duster round her head, seized up a pail and a carpet-sweeper, and came as 'Domestic Service.'

From Monitress Merle by Angela Brazil