英:['haʊskli:n]
美:['haʊsˌklin]
英:['haʊskli:n]
美:['haʊsˌklin]
verb
intransitive verb
to clean a house and its furniture
to get rid of unwanted or undesirable items or people
transitive verb
to clean the surfaces and furnishings of
to improve or reform by ridding of undesirable people or practices
back-formation from housecleaning
The first known use of houseclean was in 1854
1 She took a series of housecleaning jobs, leaving Edith with a local family.
2 She says her housecleaning service uses all-natural, nontoxic ingredients with no known carcinogens, human or aquatic toxins, and no known reproductive toxins.
3 Russia never had a through post-communist housecleaning, and in the Ukrainian view, that’s the root of the current catastrophe.
4 The initiative comes after a period of financial housecleaning for the basilica, after Pope Francis put it under a special commissioner in 2020 to investigate its finances and update the statutes of its governing administration.
5 African Americans faced discrimination in finding employment, as White workers sought even low-wage jobs like housecleaning.
6 However, the association between housecleaning and minority status is well established in the psyches of the white employing class.
7 News International sought to play down the significance of the resignations, saying in a statement that "this is nothing more than a corporate housecleaning exercise prior to the company split."
8 The others never asked him to help with the housecleaning and once Hazel washed four pairs of Eddie’s socks.
9 He would ride me in a joking way in the room, criticizing my housecleaning or the way I wore my uniform.
10 “There was a housecleaning that happened,” she said of the vote.
11 There are many reasons why the housecleaning of this football franchise should include the chief blunder officer.
12 He said “there needs to be ‘a complete housecleaning’ at FBI.”
13 Variously voiced tales ranging from a shocking deathbed confession, a macabre housecleaning service, a half-haunted house and an interstellar thrill ride will engage even jaded listeners.
14 It seems the longer I go without cleaning my apartment the more ads I see for housecleaning services.
15 It's like regular housecleaning really — fine if you're in the mood to roll up your sleeves, but mostly sort of a chore.
16 Their most burdensome loads, however, were the tubs of water needed for laundry, bathing, housecleaning and cooking.
17 We asked a housecleaning expert, an organizer and a minimalist mom how to get these spaces sparkling.
18 My right wrist aches and throbs at night, particularly if I did a lot of writing or housecleaning that day.
19 Ukraine dismissed all six of its deputy defense ministers yesterday, deepening the housecleaning at a ministry that had drawn criticism for corruption in procurement, as the military budget ballooned during the war.
20 By the early 1990's I was living in New York and working for a housecleaning company.