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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

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

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

There is a broom and carpet sweeper in the storeroom, and plenty of dust cloths.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Helen Beecher Long

The little upholstery tuft-cleaner consumes only one-ninth as much power as the carpet-sweeper.

From Guide to Hotel Housekeeping by Mary E. Palmer

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

When Katie's carpet-sweeper and feather-duster and kind, gossiping voice sounded too close, he escaped out of doors, but not on his bicycle.

From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield

You should see Annie circle around it with the carpet-sweeper.

From Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber

The Bissell carpet-sweeper factory, president, Mrs. M. R. Bissell, presented to the delegates one hundred and fifty specially made small carpet-sweepers, each marked in gilt, National American Woman Suffrage Association.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper