Meaning of spring cleaning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A systematic cleaning of a residence at the end of winter
   countable, uncountable
2. A systematic cleaning, reorganization, or weeding out of a system
   broadly, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of white-wash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms.”

“I spent the whole day in my head / Do a little spring cleanin' / I'm always too busy dreamin'”

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