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Meanings of little sweep in English

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Usage of little sweep in English
1
The little sweep will grow into the big sweep, and the small under-sec.
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
2
I'm gonna give it a little sweep anyway.
Wired
3
He was like a little sweep himself.
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
4
When she came near Lady Bassett she made a little sweep and drew up beside her on the grass.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
5
When Fowler and I were at the club the other day, we met a horrid little sweep who waxed confidential.
Nightfall
6
I was not prepared for this grace; this young ladyhood-'cettetaille de palmier,' she added, with a little sweep of the hand.
Richard Vandermarck: A Novel
7
Filthy and soot-stained as he was, the little sweep flung himself into the arms of the beautiful lady with a cry of "Mother!"
The Days Before Yesterday
8
"The cops are running one of their little sweeps through the squats."
The Dreaming Place
9
Seamus O'Farrell's Just Little swept to a comprehensive four and a half length success in yesterday's Flemings Super Value Handicap Hurdle.
The Irish Times
10
"You and I both know the value of these things," he went on, with a little sweep of the hand.
The Cinema Murder
11
"Will he, the damned little sweep?" muttered the supercargo to Packenham; "tell him that we can talk Mâdurô as well as he can-andbetter."
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
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