"window-cleaner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: window-cleaners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} window-cleaner (plural window-cleaners)
  1. Alternative form of window cleaner. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: window cleaner
    Sense id: en-window-cleaner-en-noun-iXdrvM~8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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