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Meanings of carpet sweeper in English
Catalan
màquina d'escombrar A cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet.
Synonyms
Examples for "sweeper"
Examples for "sweeper"
1
The man had a broom in his hand; he was a crossing-sweeper.
2
The street sweeper advances the interests of society by the cleanliness effected.
3
Another man overseeing one of the principal departments started as a sweeper.
4
He was a crossing-sweeper by trade and a friend of the curate.
5
Beyond it, somewhere in the rear, I could hear a vacuum sweeper.
Usage of carpet sweeper in English
1
There is a broom and carpet sweeper in the storeroom, and plenty of dust cloths.
2
The colored man was running a carpet sweeper.
3
They were a pie knife and a table crumber in the form of a miniature carpet sweeper.
4
Translated this meant a run over the floor with a carpet sweeper and a change of sheets.
5
The rubber-tired wheels of an old carpet sweeper can be used to advantage in making a pair of roller skates.
6
A cracked handle of a broom, carpet sweeper, or umbrella can be repaired with this first aid to the injured.
7
It was Mamma in the front room, pushing the carpet sweeper back and forth, the carpet sweeper that went squeakedy-bump, squeakedy-bump.
8
There used to be a Livingstone ranch at Dry River, she said, pausing with her carpet sweeper, and looking at him.
9
The daily brushing up with broom or carpet sweeper removes the surface dirt, but sweeping day means a good "digging out."
10
They are waxed a few times each year, and a little work each morning with dust mop and carpet sweeper keeps them in good order.
11
Tell the housekeeper to go up there and stooge around the outer office with a carpet sweeper or something so he'll know it's not you.
12
Rooms not in daily use do not need a thorough sweeping oftener than every two weeks, a whisk broom and carpet sweeper sufficing between times.
13
He left Bruce, who had fallen into a somber, reflective silence, leaning on the handle of the carpet sweeper in the middle of the room.
14
Buying carpet sweepers and window curtains and linoleum.
15
In that respect it's like the old Bissell carpet sweepers, although even those were less stiff to use.
16
We have seen streamlining applied to carpet sweepers, chocolate-coating added to laxatives, seltzer water infused with bicarbonate of soda, dental floss impregnated with peppermint.