vacuum cleaner

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noun

an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.

Origin of vacuum cleaner

First recorded in 1900–05

Also called vacuum sweeper.

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Related Words for vacuum cleaner

Hoover

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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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September 23, 2013

Historical Examples of vacuum cleaner

This morning she came running over crying that her vacuum-cleaner was chasing her all over the house.
The Brain
Alexander 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 Towns
Arnold Bennett
I told all I knew, and a good bit more, and I sucked in information like a vacuum-cleaner.
The City in the Clouds
C. 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 Towns
Arnold Bennett
Of course it takes forty-eight hours to buy a vacuum-cleaner, doesn't it?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 2, 1917
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British Dictionary definitions for vacuum cleaner

vacuum cleaner

noun

an electrical household appliance used for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, etc, by suction

Derived Formsvacuum cleaning, noun

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