cleaner-upper

noun

Etymology

From clean up + -er. Compare Australian slang cleaner-upperer.

Definitions

  1. A person responsible for cleaning or tidying up.

    • I want to know how you became a cleaner-upper! A custodian of man's material junk!
    • This professionalization is a psychological defense of the housewife against being a general “cleaner-upper” and menial servant for her family in a day and age of general work emancipation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA