Meanings
plural streetcleaners · alternative street cleaner · alternative street-cleaner
- A person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
On the light streets, better streetcleaners, more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space.
1982, Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, page 98Synonyms: street sweeper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
Origin
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