spring-clean

[ spring-kleen ]
verb (used with object)

  1. to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.

Origin of spring-clean

1
First recorded in 1890–95

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British Dictionary definitions for spring-clean

spring-clean
verb

  1. to clean (a house) thoroughly: traditionally at the end of the winter

noun

  1. an instance of spring-cleaning

Derived forms of spring-clean

  • spring-cleaning, noun

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