street sweeper

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street sweeper (plural street sweepers)

  1. A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
    Synonyms: (Philippines) metro aide, roadsweeper, (Britain, dialectal, dated) scaffie, (Scotland, colloquial) scaffy, (UK, obsolete) scavenger, street cleaner, streetcleaner, (US) whitewing
  2. A machine used to sweep streets.

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