pooper-scooper

American  

[poo-per-skoo-per] / ˈpu pərˌsku pər /

noun

1. Also called poop scooper.  a small shovel or scooping device designed for use in cleaning up after a dog or other pet that has defecated on a street or sidewalk.

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adjective

1. of or relating to laws, city ordinances, or the like, that require a person to use a pooper-scooper.

pooper-scooper British  

noun

1. a device used to remove dogs' excrement from public areas

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Etymology

Origin of pooper-scooper

1970–75; rhyming compound based on poop ², scoop ( def. ), -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Maybe pooper-scooper duty outside with the dog,” Donato mused.

From Seattle Times

Yet pooper-scooper laws are now in place in cities large and small.

From Scientific American

He’ll also get Barr to pooper-scooper his ham-fisted cover-up along the way, and he might even turn what ought to be an indictment of the president into an indictment of Joe Biden.

From Salon

“I am the pooper-scooper at my house,” said a nonplussed Holiday Anderson, 10.

From Seattle Times

Written by the novelist Patrick Somerville, inspired by a Norwegian series, and directed by Cary Fukunaga, the show fills frames with inventive imagery, like a tiny pooper-scooper robot that follows dogs down the street, or Ad Buddy, a cash-replacement service that pairs you with a human being who tags along on the subway, shilling like an advertorial.

From The New Yorker