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—housecleaner, n./hows"kleen'/, v.t.1. to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.v.i.2. to engage in housecleaning.[1860-65; back formation from HOUSECLEANING]
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List of English back-formations — Back formation refers to either the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes, or to the neologism formed by such a process. Back formations are shortened words created from longer words … Wikipedia
clean house — verb clean and tidy up the house She housecleans every week • Syn: ↑houseclean, ↑clean • Derivationally related forms: ↑cleaner (for: ↑clean), ↑cleaning ( … Useful english dictionary
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