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street cleaner

American  

noun

  1. a sanitation worker who cleans streets or sidewalks.


Example Sentences

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A south-east London street cleaner has been stopped from accepting £3,000 raised by members of the public to send him on holiday.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024

A temporary street cleaner died of a heat stroke while working in Madrid last year.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The team, led by Mr. Toop, bothered the bats by blasting sounds the animals disliked, like the whoosh of a street cleaner, and flashing lights at them.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

“It’s sad and everything, but stopping everything? That’s a luxury,” said Al Mohamed, a street cleaner in north London, looking at broken beer bottles on the sidewalk.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022

I go to the side and knock on the door the street cleaner described.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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