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English
Noun
window-cleaner (plural window-cleaners)
- Alternative form of window cleaner.
1824 April 6, A Journeyman Wright, “On Windows”, in The Glasgow Mechanics’ Magazine; and Annals of Philosophy, volume I, Glasgow: W. R. M‘Phun, page 251, column 1:If these, and a few additional trifling repairs, were made on the common windows, the most ignorant window-cleaner might be taught to turn the sashes in three minutes; […]
1837 October 13, “Refusal of a Church-Rate”, in The Morning Chronicle, number 21,190, London, page , column 5:For instance, there was an item of 5l. 18s. for surplices for the rector [shame!]. He could not conceive that had anything to do with the maintenance of the church establishment, any more than payments to the beadle, the pew-openers, the window-cleaners, &c.
2020 September 23, “HAMBLIN, Leonard Charles”, in Houston Today, number 39, page A13:Leonard was well-respected in the communities of Hinton, Edson, Jasper and Grande Cache as a professional window-cleaner.