sweeper
a person or thing that sweeps.
a janitor.
any of several fishes of the family Pempherididae, of tropical and warm, temperate seas, having an oblong, compressed body.
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How to use sweeper in a sentence
It's as if my friend's afraid to be away from her for any length of time outside of work, even to move her car across the street for the street sweeper.
Carolyn Hax: A friend is tightly tethered to her daughter | Carolyn Hax | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe transportation staff had moved some of the snow plows, pick-up trucks, street sweepers and other pieces of equipment normally stored in the garage to make room for the clinic.
How Drive-Through COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Could Help Inoculate the U.S. | Alice Park | December 30, 2020 | TimeThen you have these mechanical sweepers that basically sweep all the nuts off the ground and into windrows, about three feet wide, all in a big, long line on both sides of each tree.
The machines that get walnuts from trees to your mouth | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewA street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
At a pitch I could be a tolerable road-sweeper or an inefficient gardener or even a tenth-rate farm hand.
His signature blue jacket is a Parisian street sweeper's smock purchased on his semi-annual trips to Paris.
Mr. King and Mr. Lewis walking together in Birmingham, a chimney sweeper and his boy passed them.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousA curious incident: during the night a Fleet-sweeper tied up alongside, full of wounded, chiefly Australians.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonA beau highwayman and a miserable chimney sweeper were to be hanged together at Newgate for their respective deserts.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousHis back turned toward me, head bent, he hurriedly plies the broom with the quick, short stroke of the one-armed sweeper.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanI say, very nearly knocking down the old sweeper who was hobbling away as fast as posibil.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace Thackeray
British Dictionary definitions for sweeper
/ (ˈswiːpə) /
a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper
any device for sweeping: a carpet sweeper
informal soccer a player who supports the main defenders, as by intercepting loose balls, etc
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