Noun
A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
Synonyms: (Philippines) metro aide, roadsweeper, (Britain, dialectal, dated) scaffie, (Scotland, colloquial) scaffy, (UK, obsolete) scavenger, street cleaner, streetcleaner, (US) whitewing
A machine used to sweep streets.
street-sweeper (plural street-sweepers)
Alternative form of street sweeper
street-sweeper
You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor. David Dinkins
After the death of his father, he left school at age 12 to work for Mackinac Island Carriage Tours as a street sweeper, and later worked for Mackinac State Historic Parks as a handyman and carpenter. Source: Internet
He started as a street sweeper and has worked his way up to the head of maintenance and assistant city foreman. Source: Internet