Crossing-sweeper

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone whose job is to sweep street crossings. historical

    "There was one giant — a black 'un — as left his carawan some year ago and took to carrying coach-bills about London, making himself as cheap as crossing-sweepers."

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"There was one giant — a black 'un — as left his carawan some year ago and took to carrying coach-bills about London, making himself as cheap as crossing-sweepers."

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