pooper-scooper

pooper-scooper
/pooh"peuhr skooh'peuhr/, n.
1. Also called poop scooper. a small shovel or scooping device designed for use in cleaning up after a dog or other pet that has defecated on a street or sidewalk.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to laws, city ordinances, or the like, that require a person to use a pooper-scooper.
[1970-75; rhyming compound based on POOP4, SCOOP, -ER1]

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