Synonyms for cleaner


Grammar : Noun
Spell : klee-ner
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkli nər


Définition of cleaner

Origin :
  • mid-15c., agent noun from clean (v.). Meaning "shop that cleans clothes" is from 1873. To take (someone) to the cleaners "get all of (someone's) money" is from 1921.
  • noun detergent
Example sentences :
  • She pretended to be a cleaner and mender of lace, but she sold a good many other things.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • You don't kape Mrs. Brady's things no cleaner, do you, Moike?
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • They look worse, because they're cleaner and you can see their illness more easily.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • There were one or two who were of cleaner strain, like the two young cowmen.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • From where he stood he could see the dead bird; there could never have been a cleaner "kill."
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • No people are cleaner; none have so intense a personal self-respect.
  • Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
  • I don't forget that he has a cleaner bill of moral health than I have.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • And even if lodged in a nobleman's palace, his surroundings were no cleaner.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Roberts hit harder and cleaner, but the other was the better boxer.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • Mrs. Shaw's kitchen was cleaner than some people's dining-rooms.
  • Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke

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