spring-cleaning

[ spring-klee-ning ]

/ ˈsprɪŋˈkli nɪŋ /

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noun

a complete cleaning of a place, as a home, done traditionally in the spring of the year.

the activity of giving a place a complete cleaning: We've been involved in spring-cleaning and are exhausted.

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Origin of spring-cleaning

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby spring-cleaning

springbuck, spring cankerworm, spring catch, spring chicken, spring-clean, spring-cleaning, Springdale, springe, spring ephemeral, springer, springer spaniel

How to use spring-cleaning in a sentence

In the first week of April, the badger's spring-cleaning began in downright earnest.
Creatures of the Night|Alfred W. Rees
The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.
The Wind in the Willows|Kenneth Grahame
The vanity of some women is such that some expect a pedestal—nay, an altar—when the spring-cleaning of their house is over.
Rambles in Womanland|Max O'Rell
Did Scarlett tell her himself in an access of moral spring-cleaning preparatory to matrimony?
Red Pottage|Mary Cholmondeley

He would bring back the spring-cleaning requisites on his bicycle that evening.
If Winter Don't|Barry Pain