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cleaner [ˈkliːnə] n
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 take (a person) to the cleaners Informal to rob or defraud (a person) of all of his money ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] N 1. (= man) → encargado m de la limpieza; (= woman) → encargada f de la limpieza, asistenta f cleaner's (shop) → tintorería f, lavandería f to take sb to the cleaner's we'll take them to the cleaner's → les dejaremos sin blanca, les dejaremos limpios see also vacuum cleaner [ˈkliːnər] n cleaner n (= person) → Reinemachefrau f, → Gebäudereiniger m (form); a firm of office cleaners → eine Büroreinigungsfirma; the cleaners come once a week → das Reinigungspersonal kommt einmal pro Woche cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] n (person) → addetto/a alle pulizie; (product) → detersivo, detergente m (also dry cleaner) → tintoria, lavanderia he took his coat to the cleaner's → ha portato il cappotto in lavanderia or tintoria cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] n (person) → addetto/a alle pulizie; (product) → detersivo, detergente m (also dry cleaner) → tintoria, lavanderia he took his coat to the cleaner's → ha portato il cappotto in lavanderia or tintoria How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I live cleaner than she does, or her old man, or anybody you know--baths, rub-downs, exercise, regular hours, good food and no makin' a pig of myself, no drinking, no smoking, nothing that'll hurt me. Compared with the meaner poets the greater are the cleaner, and Chaucer was probably safer than any other English poet of his time, but I am not going to pretend that there are not things in Chaucer which a boy would be the better for not reading; and so far as these words of mine shall be taken for counsel, I am not willing that they should unqualifiedly praise him. Night-hawk was Jerry called; but no more lustrous or cleaner hansom than his ever closed its doors upon point lace and November violets. |
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