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carpetbeater

carpetbeater is the alternative spelling of carpet beater.

Meaning of carpet beater

Noun

carpet beater (plural carpet beaters)

  1. A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.

Forms of carpetbeater

pluralcarpetbeaters

Questions about carpetbeater

What is carpetbeater the alternative spelling of?
Carpetbeater is the alternative spelling of carpet beater.

Words near carpetbeater in the dictionary

  1. carpetbagging
  2. carpetbaggism
  3. carpetbagism
  4. carpetbags
  5. carpetball
  6. carpetbeater
  7. carpetbeaters
  8. carpeted
  9. carpetful
  10. carpetfuls
  11. carpetgrass

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