Meaning of streetkeeper | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who maintains order on the streets.

Examples

“That the Commissioners shall from time to time appdnt a treasurer, clerk, surveyor, collector and assessor, beadle, streetkeeper, and such other officers as they shall think fit, with such salaries and allowances as they think reasonable.”

“The Schoolmaster gave him a sharp look. “I’ve heard about you. You’re the streetkeeper who bit the hand that fed him.””

“An attempt to put up a billboard in Palace Yard by the old House of Commons at Westminster failed, ‘the streetkeeper not permitting it, it was fetched away and carried to Mr. Bish’s Office, Charing Cross’.”

“A certain Mr Barnard, the streetkeeper, had the job of lighting these lamps every evening.”

“The convoy made its way to Senlis where the jailer doubled as streetkeeper and the prison was left in the command of his formidable wife.”

“The municipality appointed a special streetkeeper to each of these districts, whose duty it was to see that destitute sick persons were conveyed to the hospitals and to enforce cleanliness.”

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