Houseclean

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  • verb. To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
  • verb. To make major reforms; to clean house.
  • verb. To clean the interior and residential furnishings of.
  • verb. To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures.
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  • verb. clean and tidy up the house
  • Word Usage
    "We went through this same sort of silly season in 1994 when Newt Gingrich and a previous batch of angry white men stormed into power thinking they were going to "houseclean"."
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    g.i  gi  spring-clean  
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