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cleaner-uppers

cleaner-uppers is the plural of cleaner-upper.

Meaning of cleaner-upper

Noun

cleaner-upper (plural cleaner-uppers)

  1. (informal) A person responsible for cleaning or tidying up.
    • I want to know how you became a cleaner-upper! A custodian of man's material junk!1992, Studies in American Drama, 1945-present - Volumes 7-8, page 86
    Synonyms:
    cleaner-upperer

Questions about cleaner-uppers

What is cleaner-uppers the plural of?
Cleaner-uppers is the plural of cleaner-upper.

Words near cleaner-uppers in the dictionary

  1. cleaner's
  2. cleaner-up
  3. cleaner-upper
  4. cleaner-upperer
  5. cleaner-upperers
  6. cleaner-uppers
  7. cleaneress
  8. cleaneresses
  9. cleanerfish
  10. cleaners
  11. cleanest

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