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Meanings of street cleaner in English

Catalan
escombraire
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A worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)

escombraire
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Examples for "street sweeper"
Examples for "street sweeper"
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The street sweeper advances the interests of society by the cleanliness effected.
The Abominations of Modern Society
2
Then I would rather be a street sweeper and own myself.
Lucky Pehr
3
Let that character lay there till the street sweeper comes around.
A Confederacy of Dunces
4
Well, I had him pegged either as a street sweeper or a plumber!
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
5
All this we learned later from a street sweeper who was at work nearby.
The Exploits of Elaine
Usage of street cleaner in English
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The jobs suggested were wide-ranging -they included astronomer and street cleaner.
The Guardian
2
A street cleaner passes a Royal Mail post box in central London.
Reuters
3
The chauffeur, the footman, the street cleaner, the factory workers-theywere all different.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
4
And as a business man he would probably be a good street cleaner.
Ralestone Luck
5
The street cleaner arrives and takes away the plastic water bottles and other rubbish.
The Guardian
6
A British street cleaner struck gold when he found a Rolex watch down a drain.
The Irish Times
7
And so does any miner, or street cleaner, or bartender, or file clerk, or you.
Nova
8
As it had not been cleaned up by Monday morning I reported it to the local street cleaner.
The Irish Times
9
On the sidewalk, he gazed up the avenue, then catching sight of the street cleaner, called to him.
The Exploits of Elaine
10
But in November 2003 he was working as a street cleaner and in one of his darker moments.
The Guardian
11
Following him at some distance was a street cleaner, removing the advertisements and crumpling them up for disposal.
The new yorker
12
A street cleaner noticed her predicament.
The new yorker
13
Then why was the man's son here, strolling in off the street like some street cleaner from Moabit?
The arms maker of berlin
14
Why, bless your soul, the street cleaner and the 'garbage gentleman' are worth a dozen good-for-nothings like that!
Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear / Or,...
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Sensors have been attached to a street cleaner in the city centre to create maps over the next few months.
BBC
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A street cleaner passes a Royal Mail post box in central London June 14, 2011.
Reuters
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