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
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
A cracked handle of a broom, carpet sweeper, or umbrella can be repaired with this first aid to the injured.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
The little upholstery tuft-cleaner consumes only one-ninth as much power as the carpet-sweeper.
From Guide to Hotel Housekeeping by Palmer, Mary E.
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 Van Dyke, Henry
He pointed to a carpet-sweeper which lay against the wall.
From The Black Box by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
You should see Annie circle around it with the carpet-sweeper.
From Emma McChesney and Co. by Ferber, Edna
One of her assistants was a positive marvel—a human carpet-sweeper.
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring
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