Crossing-sweeper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crossing-sweeper is a noun meaning (now chiefly historical) Someone whose job is to sweep street crossings.
Meaning
(now chiefly historical) Someone whose job is to sweep street crossings.
Example Sentences
There was one giant — a black 'un — as left his carawan some year ago and took to carrying coach-bills about London, making himself as cheap as crossing-sweepers.
But the streets were also a place of work: for the humble crossing-sweeper, for example, who tried to ensure, in return for a tip, that when persons of quality crossed the road they did so without having to pick their way through dust, mud and horse dung.
Word Forms
- crossing-sweepers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sweeper, crosser, street cleaner, sweepwasher, streetcleaner, sweepstaker.
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