cleaning
/ˈkliːnɪŋ/ noun A1- The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
- The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.
Plural cleanings
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A WIDOW who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her.
Only a few weeks ago she was cleaning out Sir Charles’s study—it had never been touched since his death—and she found the ashes of a burned letter in the back of the grate.
Ade asked, “What should we do about cleaning on Sunday?”
They spent the whole weekend cleaning up all the heavy garbage.
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