SWEEPER
\swˈiːpə], \swˈiːpə], \s_w_ˈiː_p_ə]\
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a cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet
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an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
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little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
By Princeton University
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