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SWEEPER
sweeper
(noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
sweeper
(noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sweeper (plural sweepers)
One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
A detector (for mines).
Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
(football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
(curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
(cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
(cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
• ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper).. Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
• So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper.. River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102
A carpet sweeper.
(US, regional, including, Ohio and Indiana) A vacuum cleaner.
(regional, including, Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sweep"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HARD
(adverb) to the full extent possible; all the way; “hard alee”; “the ship went hard astern”; “swung the wheel hard left”
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