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way-cleaner

way-cleaner noun: a person employed to clean the rails, removing coaldust etc.

Noun

way-cleaner (plural way-cleaners)

  1. (historical) A person employed to clean the rails, removing coaldust etc.

Forms of way-cleaner

pluralway-cleaners

Questions about way-cleaner

What does way-cleaner mean?
Way-cleaner means a person employed to clean the rails, removing coaldust etc.
What part of speech is way-cleaner?
Way-cleaner is a noun.
What is the plural of way-cleaner?
The plural of way-cleaner is way-cleaners.

Words near way-cleaner in the dictionary

  1. way to go
  2. way to run a railroad
  3. way too
  4. way way back
  5. way-baggage
  6. way-cleaner
  7. way-cleaners
  8. way-finding
  9. way-going
  10. way-out
  11. way-sliding

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