housecleaning

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
noun the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
verb clean and tidy up the house

From house + cleaning.

The men agreed that housecleaning was all right--after it was over. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
"The other day a bird fell out of it, one of the young ones, pushed out by a housecleaning mother, I suppose. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
We got home at ten o’clock at night, and I give you my word, Anne, that in half an hour that woman was at work housecleaning. — Anne of Avonlea, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

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