Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

window-cleaner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: win-dow--clean-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of window cleaner.

Example Sentences

"If these, and a few additional trifling repairs, were made on the common windows, the most ignorant window-cleaner might be taught to turn the sashes in three minutes; […]"
"For instance, there was an item of 5l. 18s. for surplices for the rector [shame!]. He could not conceive that had anything to do with the maintenance of the church establishment, any more than payments to the beadle, the pew-openers, the window-cleaners, &c."
"Leonard was well-respected in the communities of Hinton, Edson, Jasper and Grande Cache as a professional window-cleaner."

Inflected Forms

window-cleaners (plural)

Questions

What does window-cleaner mean?: Alternative form of window cleaner.

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