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crossing-sweeper

n. (context now chiefly historical English) Someone whose job is to sweep street crossings.

Usage examples of "crossing-sweeper".

A dose of hydrocyanic acid, administered per ora to the most sagacious woman imaginable, affects her just as swiftly and just as deleteriously as it affects a tragedian, a crossing-sweeper, or an ambassador to the Court of St.

Urchins and crossing-sweepers turned cartwheels of delight, at the sight of a sleek tin fish racketing down the Strand.