clean-upn.

Etymology: See clean n.

a. An act of cleaning or cleaning up (see clean v. 6).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > an act of cleaning

cleanse1760

toilet1862

clean-up1876

cleana1889

spruce-up1918

1876 J. Miller Unwritten Hist. vi. 91 We will be ready for a big clean up by the time the snow flies.

a1889 Mod. colloq. Put the machine in order, and give it a little clean-up.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 9/3 The Mayor stated that Wednesday, April 20, had been decided upon as clean-up day, and asked for the co-operation of the council.

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island ii. 22 We had a great clean up and a grand rummage among your Grandfather's old things.

1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. vii. 97 He..has a general clean-up, puts on more respectable clothes.

1960 Design July 39/2 These sections are urgently in need of a typographic clean up.

b. Mining. ‘The operation of collecting all the valuable product of a given period or operation in a stamp mill, or in a hydraulic or placer mine’ (Raymond). Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > collecting together valuable product

clean-up1866

1866 Congress. Globe 18 June 3231/1 When what they technically call in mining the clean up comes, very often the clean-up exhibits the lofty sum of nothing.

a1870 B. Harte Brown of Calaveras Can't you help me with a hundred till to-morrow's clean-up?

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 211 A week's clean-up was reported to be usually from $2,000 to $3,000 in bullion.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xliii. 299 Bullion returns, ‘clean-ups’ at the quartz mills, and inquests.

1892 Daily News 27 Aug. 7/3 Palmarejo.—Result of the clean-up for July, 28,000 dols.

1908 Daily Rep. 20 July 3/3 There will be some prolongation of the life of the outcrop area from the clean-up of the old stopes.

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 July 3/2 The plates became so heavily loaded with gold that it was necessary to stop the mill and make a clean up.

c. A profit; an exceptional financial success; also, a robbery or its proceeds. slang (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > exceptionally large profit or gain

clean-up1878

killing1888

mopping-up1909

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > act or instance of

robbinga1300

ravina1325

robberya1325

burgh-brechea1387

reif1533

hoist1714

jump1777

speak1811

trick1865

clean-up1928

heist1930

knock-off1969

1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club (ed. 2) iii. 21 At the same time make a nice little clean-up for himself.

1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 6 His clean-up in Consolidated Groceries was so big that [etc.].

1928 E. Wallace Gunner xxiv. 199 Sometimes weeks would pass before the gang could make a good clean-up.

1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking 265 It was the man's intention to make what I might term a quick clean-up immediately after dinner and escape on the nine-fifty-seven.

1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) viii. 111 He was now a hundred pounds in debt; but that, for Alec, was practically no debt at all; one good clean-up..and he would be clear.

d. An act of removing or stamping out harmful or immoral influences or elements; also, a cleaning out of remaining pockets of (enemy) resistance. Cf. clean v. 6c.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > complete ridding of resistance

mop-up1900

mopping-up1909

cleaning-up1916

clean-up1930

society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > moral purification > removing immoral elements

cleaning-up1916

clean-up1930

1930 Amer. Speech 6 114 Seven arrested in liquor clean-up.

1934 S. Spender Vienna iii. 32 These murders lie on Fey Who boasted of his clean-up.

1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains xvi. 270 Olga..had escaped the clean-up through the influence of one of her customers, an important Nazi official.

1940 M. Sadleir Fanny by Gaslight i. viii. 70 The clamour for a London clean-up rose steadily throughout the year 1870; and as the appetite for victims grew among moralists and police alike, numerous informers helped to feed it.

1958 Time 21 July 20 Corruption clean-ups.

Draft additions 1997

e. Baseball. Also cleanup. The fourth position in a team's batting order, usually reserved for a strong batter whose hits are likely to enable any runner who is on base to score, thus clearing the bases. Frequently attributive, esp. as clean-up hitter or clean-up man.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [adjective] > fourth position in batting order

clean-up1909

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > fourth position

clean-up1955

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > batter

batsman1856

slugger1877

pinch-hitter1899

pinch batter1904

pull hitter1927

switch-hitter1948

designated hitter1961

designated pinch-hitter1967

clean-up hitter1984

1907 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 16 Apr. 10/2 He has a splendid arm, and he can surely play the ball. He is the cleaner-up hitter of the team.]

1909 Baseball Mag. Nov. 5/2 They are both batters of the ‘clean-up’ kind, that is, they are likely to break up a game at any moment.

1922 N.Y. Times 3 June 10/1 He shifted..Meusel and Ross Young in the order of facing opposing pitchers, the former going to the clean-up position.

1955 E. Burkholder Baseball Immortals App. 133 Frank Delahanty, that old time slugger in clean up.

1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 26 Mar. 1 b/5 UF chose to pitch to cleanup man Clark, who popped to UF catcher Tim Owen.

1991 D. Lamb Stolen Season iii. 40 Then L.A.'s clean-up hitter Clarence Maddern smacked a fastball..that soared over the left-field fence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	clean-up
释义	clean-upn. Etymology: See clean n. a. An act of cleaning or cleaning up (see clean v. 6). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > an act of cleaning cleanse1760 toilet1862 clean-up1876 cleana1889 spruce-up1918 1876 J. Miller Unwritten Hist. vi. 91 We will be ready for a big clean up by the time the snow flies. a1889 Mod. colloq. Put the machine in order, and give it a little clean-up. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 9/3 The Mayor stated that Wednesday, April 20, had been decided upon as clean-up day, and asked for the co-operation of the council. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island ii. 22 We had a great clean up and a grand rummage among your Grandfather's old things. 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. vii. 97 He..has a general clean-up, puts on more respectable clothes. 1960 Design July 39/2 These sections are urgently in need of a typographic clean up. b. Mining. ‘The operation of collecting all the valuable product of a given period or operation in a stamp mill, or in a hydraulic or placer mine’ (Raymond). Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > collecting together valuable product clean-up1866 1866 Congress. Globe 18 June 3231/1 When what they technically call in mining the clean up comes, very often the clean-up exhibits the lofty sum of nothing. a1870 B. Harte Brown of Calaveras Can't you help me with a hundred till to-morrow's clean-up? 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 211 A week's clean-up was reported to be usually from $2,000 to $3,000 in bullion. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xliii. 299 Bullion returns, ‘clean-ups’ at the quartz mills, and inquests. 1892 Daily News 27 Aug. 7/3 Palmarejo.—Result of the clean-up for July, 28,000 dols. 1908 Daily Rep. 20 July 3/3 There will be some prolongation of the life of the outcrop area from the clean-up of the old stopes. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 July 3/2 The plates became so heavily loaded with gold that it was necessary to stop the mill and make a clean up. c. A profit; an exceptional financial success; also, a robbery or its proceeds. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > exceptionally large profit or gain clean-up1878 killing1888 mopping-up1909 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > act or instance of robbinga1300 ravina1325 robberya1325 burgh-brechea1387 reif1533 hoist1714 jump1777 speak1811 trick1865 clean-up1928 heist1930 knock-off1969 hit1970 1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club (ed. 2) iii. 21 At the same time make a nice little clean-up for himself. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 6 His clean-up in Consolidated Groceries was so big that [etc.]. 1928 E. Wallace Gunner xxiv. 199 Sometimes weeks would pass before the gang could make a good clean-up. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking 265 It was the man's intention to make what I might term a quick clean-up immediately after dinner and escape on the nine-fifty-seven. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) viii. 111 He was now a hundred pounds in debt; but that, for Alec, was practically no debt at all; one good clean-up..and he would be clear. d. An act of removing or stamping out harmful or immoral influences or elements; also, a cleaning out of remaining pockets of (enemy) resistance. Cf. clean v. 6c. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > complete ridding of resistance mop-up1900 mopping-up1909 cleaning-up1916 clean-up1930 society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > moral purification > removing immoral elements cleaning-up1916 clean-up1930 1930 Amer. Speech 6 114 Seven arrested in liquor clean-up. 1934 S. Spender Vienna iii. 32 These murders lie on Fey Who boasted of his clean-up. 1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains xvi. 270 Olga..had escaped the clean-up through the influence of one of her customers, an important Nazi official. 1940 M. Sadleir Fanny by Gaslight i. viii. 70 The clamour for a London clean-up rose steadily throughout the year 1870; and as the appetite for victims grew among moralists and police alike, numerous informers helped to feed it. 1958 Time 21 July 20 Corruption clean-ups. Draft additions 1997 e. Baseball. Also cleanup. The fourth position in a team's batting order, usually reserved for a strong batter whose hits are likely to enable any runner who is on base to score, thus clearing the bases. Frequently attributive, esp. as clean-up hitter or clean-up man. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [adjective] > fourth position in batting order clean-up1909 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > fourth position clean-up1955 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > batter batsman1856 slugger1877 pinch-hitter1899 pinch batter1904 pull hitter1927 switch-hitter1948 designated hitter1961 designated pinch-hitter1967 clean-up hitter1984 1907 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 16 Apr. 10/2 He has a splendid arm, and he can surely play the ball. He is the cleaner-up hitter of the team.] 1909 Baseball Mag. Nov. 5/2 They are both batters of the ‘clean-up’ kind, that is, they are likely to break up a game at any moment. 1922 N.Y. Times 3 June 10/1 He shifted..Meusel and Ross Young in the order of facing opposing pitchers, the former going to the clean-up position. 1955 E. Burkholder Baseball Immortals App. 133 Frank Delahanty, that old time slugger in clean up. 1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 26 Mar. 1 b/5 UF chose to pitch to cleanup man Clark, who popped to UF catcher Tim Owen. 1991 D. Lamb Stolen Season iii. 40 Then L.A.'s clean-up hitter Clarence Maddern smacked a fastball..that soared over the left-field fence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1866
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