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pooper-scooper

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poop⋅er-scoop⋅er

[poo-per-skoo-per]
–noun
1. Also called poop scooper. a small shovel or scooping device designed for use in cleaning up after a dog or other pet that has defecated on a street or sidewalk.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to laws, city ordinances, or the like, that require a person to use a pooper-scooper.

Origin:
1970–75; rhyming compound based on poop 4 , scoop, -er1
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poop·er-scoop·er   (pōō'pər skōō'pər)
n.  A scoop for picking up and removing the feces of a dog or other pet.

[From poop5 + scoop.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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pooper-scooper

  1. n.
    a device used to pick up and carry away dog feces from public places. : Taylor actually got a ticket for walking her dog without a pooper-scooper in sight!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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