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cleaner

[ klee-ner ]

noun

  1. a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
  2. an apparatus or machine for cleaning, cleaning, as a vacuum cleaner.
  3. a preparation for use in cleaning, cleaning, as a detergent or chemical bleach.
  4. the owner or operator of a dry-cleaning establishment:

    The cleaner said he couldn't get the spot off my coat.

  5. Usually cleaners. a dry-cleaning establishment:

    My suit is at the cleaners.



cleaner

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. a person, device, chemical agent, etc, that removes dirt, as from clothes or carpets
  2. usually plural a shop, etc that provides a dry-cleaning service
  3. take a person to the cleaners informal.
    to rob or defraud a person of all of his money
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Other Word Forms

  • ·𲹲İ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cleaner1

First recorded in 1425–75, cleaner is from the late Middle English word clener. See clean, -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. take to the cleaners, Slang. to cause to lose all or a great deal of one's money or personal property, as through gambling or a bad investment:

    He got taken to the cleaners in the poker game last night.

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While electric vehicles and cleaner car engines have significantly reduced pollution, transportation remains the largest source in California’s major cities.

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But the cost of a food mixer or a vacuum cleaner from China with the added tariffs are now too high for most American firms to pass on the cost to their customers.

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Lee Porter, a labourer and cleaner at the steelworks, has composed a song in support of the Save Scunthorpe Steel campaign - and Trump's rhetoric strikes a chord with him.

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The agreement covers the vast majority of the world's commercial shipping and means that starting in 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines.

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After being rocked early on, Joyce responded well and Hrgovic was cut after a clash of heads, but the Croatian, who won bronze at Rio 2016, landed the cleaner shots throughout the fight.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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