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cleaner
[ klee-ner ]
noun
- the owner or operator of a dry-cleaning establishment:
The cleaner said he couldn't get the spot off my coat.
- Usually cleaners. a dry-cleaning establishment:
My suit is at the cleaners.
cleaner
/ ˈːə /
noun
- a person, device, chemical agent, etc, that removes dirt, as from clothes or carpets
- usually plural a shop, etc that provides a dry-cleaning service
- take a person to the cleaners informal.to rob or defraud a person of all of his money
Other Word Forms
- ·İ noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
Example Sentences
While electric vehicles and cleaner car engines have significantly reduced pollution, transportation remains the largest source in California’s major cities.
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.
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.
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.
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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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