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Housecleaning

noun

(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions. "Many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners"

The act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house.

Houseclean

verb

Clean and tidy up the house. Synonyms: clean, clean house.

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"Housecleaning" Quotes from Famous Books

... simple housecleaning," Malone said. "All open and above-board. And the confessions will certainly stand ...

— Supermind • Gordon Randall Garrett

... told of a housekeeper in a farm-home in the West who saw in the sacred rite of old-school housekeepers something more than scrubbing and polishing ... When her housecleaning was over she knew just what linen she would need during the coming year, just how much fruits and vegetables she would need to can or preserve or dry, just what clothing must be replaced or repaired, and what ...

— Community Civics and Rural Life • Arthur W. Dunn

... biscuits a day, and those were full of worms. At first I used to busy myself scrupulously, like a well brought up boy, carefully picking out the little beasts, but after the housecleaning, there was nothing left except bits of crust as thin as wafers, and I ...

— The Dead Command - From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... in, their mother, who had been very busy through the day at housecleaning, was preparing a hasty supper, and she gave them no special attention. The family were soon seated around the supper-table. They had not been there long until Mrs. Worthington noticed that Louise was not eating. She asked the child why she did not eat, ...

— The value of a praying mother • Isabel C. Byrum

... robin had come, so had the first bluebird and the first hand-organ man; caterpillars were beginning to crawl along the sunny side of the fence rails and everybody was housecleaning, so it was quite certain that ...

— Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 • Various