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cleanup

[kleen-uhp]

noun

  1. the act or process of cleaning up.

  2. Slang.a very large profit.

    The company made a real cleanup on their new invention.

  3. Baseball.

    1. the fourth position in the batting order.

      Our best home-run hitter is batting cleanup.

    2. the player who bats in this position.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cleanup1

1865–70, noun use of verb phrase clean up
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The Army Corps of Engineers, the lead agency overseeing wildfire cleanup, has overseen federal contractors in clearing wreckage away from more than 3,200 properties, alleviating some of those worries.

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The Little Tokyo Public Safety Assn., which organizes the annual Little Tokyo Sparkle cleanup, is arranging another cleanup effort on Thursday, gathering in JANM’s plaza.

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He said he was available for any kind of jobs, including painting, hauling and cleanup.

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“It’s funky,” catcher Will Smith, who was batting cleanup, said of Yarbrough’s unorthodox delivery.

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One witness described himself as a Combs cleanup man who tossed out liquor bottles and narcotics after wild parties.

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