cleaner

cleaner
clean|er
S3 [ˈkli:nə US -ər] n
1.) especially BrE someone whose job is to clean other people's houses, offices etc
2.) [U and C]
a machine or substance used for cleaning
a vacuum cleaner
toilet bowl cleaner
3.) the cleaner's
4.) take sb to the cleaner's informal
a) to cheat someone and to take all their money or possessions
b) to defeat someone completely
The Lakers took the Bulls to the cleaner's, winning 96-72.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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