To call a sweeper and have me led away by one of these lizard-men?. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Three] Reference
We’ve gone through several vacuums in the years that we’ve had our animals and have found that the best sweeper is one that has a bag. From Wordnik.com. [Five Ways To Keep Pet Hair Off Your Clothes | myFiveBest] Reference
Caroline was observing with a 27-inch focal length Newtonian 'sweeper'. From Wordnik.com. [Caroline Herschel] Reference
The "sweeper" plays like a free safety and is the last man before the goalie. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules Of The Game] Reference
I had a dream long ago about a "sweeper" who to me was such a model of domestic peace. From Wordnik.com. [January Organizing and Housecleaning] Reference
Botha also agreed to be first on the scene as "sweeper" to remove incriminating evidence. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
One of the most dramatic changes was the introduction of the "sweeper," charged with reinforcing the most threatened position on the field. From Wordnik.com. [World of Wonder] Reference
An instant later he had seized a "sweeper," to which he clung until help arrived. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Chance] Reference
Griffin said that one of Fitzhenry's special talents was his ability to double up as a last-line 'sweeper'. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The short center position, which is relatively new, is a position that was previously called the 'sweeper' position. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
If Gordon Brown is a "sweeper" someone should hand him a brush and that way he can make a positive contribution to society. From Wordnik.com. [The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion Forum] Reference
Try and work with a grown-up as leader and another as "sweeper" and stay together; tall hats in lurid shades will aid identification. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"sweeper" belongs to the bottom caste; he is the lowest of the low -- all other castes despise him and scorn his office. From Wordnik.com. [Following the Equator] Reference
And the boy, Wikkey Whiston, was a crossing-sweeper. From Wordnik.com. [Wikkey A Scrap] Reference
Or had the street sweeper gotten an early start that day?. From Wordnik.com. [Catastrophic, and Not Above Bad Puns] Reference
(In fact, all pets seemed terrified of the circular sweeper.). From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: Roomba Pro Elite] Reference
We were spotted by a mine-sweeper, and she raced to the rescue. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
It is a great indignity to be beaten by the broom of a sweeper, and. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The chimney-sweeper above, is the very quintessence of affectation. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
Regimental Headquarters with A and B companies, followed by the sweeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
She no longer wants to be the cook, the mender, the sweeper of the house!. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Depend upon my thinking of the chimney-sweeper as soon as I wake to-morrow. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
At last our mine-sweeper came in and we boarded her about 1.30 a.m. to-day. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
After the bar has closed, before the little street sweeper comes with his broom. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin of Last Resort] Reference
Every morning the little street sweeper comes to cover the faces of the fortunate dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin of Last Resort] Reference
Side by side with the velvet and furs were the poor tattered garments of the little sweeper. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
From that day the boy's mates called him by the name of the street sweeper in the little town. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Then and there the crossing-sweeper, much to his dismay, was presented to the "People's William.". From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
As a concession to age, he has retreated from midfield to defensive sweeper, soccer's free safety position. From Wordnik.com. [Quirks] Reference
'Our country people are wont to say, when they see a red-headed man; 'he would make a bad chimney-sweeper.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
And so I started collecting them, and some of the instruments are actually built out of street sweeper tines. From Wordnik.com. [NOMO: The Sonic Maelstrom Of 'Ghost Rock'] Reference
This vacuum earned the lowest score of the more than 20 stick, handheld, and sweeper/broom vacuums we reviewed. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Monday vacuum deal at Lowe's] Reference
It was a small coal cinder and an ash stain in the shape of a heel, apparently overlooked by a careless sweeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
The little sweeper gazed at her as if she were an angel of light, hardly daring to touch the infant beauty committed to her care. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Felix glanced round, but he only saw a boy who looked like a street sweeper, with a hand-brush in one hand and a broom in the other. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
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