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Spring-cleaning   /sprɪŋ-klˈinɪŋ/   Listen
Spring-cleaning

noun
1.
The activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter.





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"Spring-cleaning" Quotes from Famous Books



... idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod. It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time. All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day. So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, ...
— The Story of the Treasure Seekers • E. Nesbit
... doubt would be put at an end; but the Vanburghs seemed in no hurry to appear, and meanwhile April was at hand, and, as was their custom, Mr and Mrs Rendell prepared to leave home on a short holiday, leaving the girls alone to battle with the terrors of spring-cleaning. ...
— A Houseful of Girls • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


Words linked to "Spring-cleaning" :   cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, spring-clean


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