spring-cleaning
[ spring-klee-ning ]
noun
a complete cleaning of a place, as a home, done traditionally in the spring of the year.
the activity of giving a place a complete cleaning: We've been involved in spring-cleaning and are exhausted.
Origin of spring-cleaning
1First recorded in 1855–60
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How to use spring-cleaning in a sentence
Still, at times, like spring-cleanings, came spring-hankerings.
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