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sweeper

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sweeper

1
n
an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
2
n
little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sweeper
1

n an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

Type of:
employee
a worker who is hired to perform a job

n a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet

Synonyms:
carpet sweeper
Type of:
cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement
any of a large class of implements used for cleaning
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n little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

Type of:
teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
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