cleanern.

Brit.

/ˈkliːnə/, U.S.

/ˈklinər/

Etymology: < clean v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who or that which cleans; spec. one whose work is to clean some particular thing. Also cleaner up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > one who or that which cleans

fowerc1440

mundifierc1475

cleanser1570

scavenger1596

fayer1611

cleanera1792

mundatory1860

a1792 J. Reynolds Journey Flanders & Holland in Wks. (1797) II. 56 It has been in the hand of some picture-cleaner.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited x. 383 A tribe of cleaners, keepers, and porters.

1884 Daily News 4 Sept. 3/2 A cleaner..had been attending to a Lancashire engine at the cleaning sheds.

1908 Daily Chron. 24 Aug. 9/6 Pianos.—Fitters up; also a cleaner up.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §499 Cleaner, cleaner-up (pianos); scrapes (mucks off) and rubs veneered parts of piano with sandpaper or glasspaper, preparatory to polishing.

b. An instrument or machine for cleaning; as the two-handled knife employed by curriers, one of the rollers in a carding machine, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > one who or that which cleans > instrument or machine

cleaner1874

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 563/2 The worker..takes the fibre from the card-drum and delivers it to the cleaner, which returns it to the card-drum.

1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 7/3 Mincers, coffee mills, and fork cleaners.

c. A shop that cleans clothes and household fabrics; = dry cleaner n. Frequently in plural, the cleaners (or possessive, the cleaner's).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning of clothes > [noun] > one who or establishment which

dry cleaner1851

the cleaners (or possessive, the cleaner's)1873

1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 155/3 Imitation furs seldom clean well... The best plan would be, to send to a good cleaner's.

1928 R. Hall Well of Loneliness xxiii. 208 Shall I wash your new crêpe de Chine nightgowns, ma'am? Or ought they go to the cleaners?

1967 ‘C. Fremlin’ Prisoner's Base xi. 72 Some problem about getting a skirt altered and back from the cleaners in time for the weekend.

d. A small marine animal which cleans larger ones of parasites, bacteria, or dead tissue; also cleaner-fish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that cleans larger animals

cleaner1955

1955 Zeitschr. f. Tierpsychol. XII. 219 All typical cleaners, irrespective of their zoological relationship, possess striking yellow colours.

1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish.

1967 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 13/5 It is known that a cleaner-fish occupies a niche in a reef which is usually marked by a brightly-coloured anemone serving the same purpose as a barber's pole.

1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals xiv. 158 We now recognise 42 species of cleaner-fish in 14 families.

2. Slang phrase to take (someone) to the cleaners: (a) to take away, or defraud of, all someone's money; so to go, send, to the cleaners (originally U.S.); (b) to criticize strongly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

1932 Flynn's 28 May 49/2 I dropped the biggest wager I had ever made on anything... That sent me to the cleaners, wiped out.

1949 H. MacLennan Precipice i. 71 He..had..played several more sets of tennis with him. He had taken Carl to the cleaner's this time.

1950 R. Chandler Simple Art of Murder 19 I'm in a jam. But I'm not going to the cleaners... Half of this money is mine.

1961 Guardian 13 Sept. 8/3 Many a gilded youth..has been ‘taken to the cleaners’ once too often at midnight parties.

1963 Listener 14 Feb. 308/3 I hoped Mr Carr might round on Mr Cousins and start taking the apprenticeship system to the cleaners.

1963 Listener 7 Mar. 436/1 We..heard the recently fired Captain Atkins take the Atomic Energy Authority to the cleaners over their marine nuclear policy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cleaner
释义	cleanern. Brit. /ˈkliːnə/, U.S. /ˈklinər/ Etymology: < clean v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who or that which cleans; spec. one whose work is to clean some particular thing. Also cleaner up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > one who or that which cleans fowerc1440 mundifierc1475 cleanser1570 scavenger1596 fayer1611 cleanera1792 mundatory1860 a1792 J. Reynolds Journey Flanders & Holland in Wks. (1797) II. 56 It has been in the hand of some picture-cleaner. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited x. 383 A tribe of cleaners, keepers, and porters. 1884 Daily News 4 Sept. 3/2 A cleaner..had been attending to a Lancashire engine at the cleaning sheds. 1908 Daily Chron. 24 Aug. 9/6 Pianos.—Fitters up; also a cleaner up. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §499 Cleaner, cleaner-up (pianos); scrapes (mucks off) and rubs veneered parts of piano with sandpaper or glasspaper, preparatory to polishing. b. An instrument or machine for cleaning; as the two-handled knife employed by curriers, one of the rollers in a carding machine, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > one who or that which cleans > instrument or machine cleaner1874 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 563/2 The worker..takes the fibre from the card-drum and delivers it to the cleaner, which returns it to the card-drum. 1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 7/3 Mincers, coffee mills, and fork cleaners. c. A shop that cleans clothes and household fabrics; = dry cleaner n. Frequently in plural, the cleaners (or possessive, the cleaner's). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning of clothes > [noun] > one who or establishment which dry cleaner1851 the cleaners (or possessive, the cleaner's)1873 1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 155/3 Imitation furs seldom clean well... The best plan would be, to send to a good cleaner's. 1928 R. Hall Well of Loneliness xxiii. 208 Shall I wash your new crêpe de Chine nightgowns, ma'am? Or ought they go to the cleaners? 1967 ‘C. Fremlin’ Prisoner's Base xi. 72 Some problem about getting a skirt altered and back from the cleaners in time for the weekend. d. A small marine animal which cleans larger ones of parasites, bacteria, or dead tissue; also cleaner-fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that cleans larger animals cleaner1955 1955 Zeitschr. f. Tierpsychol. XII. 219 All typical cleaners, irrespective of their zoological relationship, possess striking yellow colours. 1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish. 1967 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 13/5 It is known that a cleaner-fish occupies a niche in a reef which is usually marked by a brightly-coloured anemone serving the same purpose as a barber's pole. 1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals xiv. 158 We now recognise 42 species of cleaner-fish in 14 families. 2. Slang phrase to take (someone) to the cleaners: (a) to take away, or defraud of, all someone's money; so to go, send, to the cleaners (originally U.S.); (b) to criticize strongly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1932 Flynn's 28 May 49/2 I dropped the biggest wager I had ever made on anything... That sent me to the cleaners, wiped out. 1949 H. MacLennan Precipice i. 71 He..had..played several more sets of tennis with him. He had taken Carl to the cleaner's this time. 1950 R. Chandler Simple Art of Murder 19 I'm in a jam. But I'm not going to the cleaners... Half of this money is mine. 1961 Guardian 13 Sept. 8/3 Many a gilded youth..has been ‘taken to the cleaners’ once too often at midnight parties. 1963 Listener 14 Feb. 308/3 I hoped Mr Carr might round on Mr Cousins and start taking the apprenticeship system to the cleaners. 1963 Listener 7 Mar. 436/1 We..heard the recently fired Captain Atkins take the Atomic Energy Authority to the cleaners over their marine nuclear policy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1792
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