Wiktionary
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.