vacuum cleaner
noun
an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
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Origin of vacuum cleaner
First recorded in 1900–05
Also called vacuum sweeper.
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Contemporary Examples of vacuum cleaner
Last week Walt called the Vacuum-Cleaner Guy, and now the Vacuum Cleaner Guy had come through.
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Historical Examples of vacuum cleaner
This morning she came running over crying that her vacuum-cleaner was chasing her all over the house.
The BrainAlexander Blade
The vacuum-cleaner was at that period the last word of civilisation, and the first agency for it was being set up in Bursley.
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five TownsArnold Bennett
I told all I knew, and a good bit more, and I sucked in information like a vacuum-cleaner.
The City in the CloudsC. Ranger Gull
Denry explained the vacuum-cleaner to the housewives, who had got no further than a Ewbank.
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five TownsArnold Bennett
Of course it takes forty-eight hours to buy a vacuum-cleaner, doesn't it?
vacuum cleaner
noun
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