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  • noun Commonwealth spelling of snowplow.

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  • noun a vehicle used to push snow from roads

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Examples

  • "snowplough" -- turn them loose on Reith, a larger skiing area nearby, between the Zillertal and Wildschoenau.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Each day it snowed, and did it snow every day for a whole week, our first job was to follow the snowplough, and shovel the drifting snow from the road.

    Work Camp 934 L 2010

  • » Montreal Monday: smart card facelift, snowplough tragedy, and a windowless wall • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape

    » Montreal Monday: smart card facelift, snowplough tragedy, and a windowless wall • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009

  • Ed Balls, the one-man snowplough who is now his Labour shadow, called the incident "reckless and chaotic".

    Minister embrace the festive spirit of chaos | Michael White 2010

  • At this point, if there is anyone out there in Canada who still cares about the Old Country, could they pop back with a snowplough and some decent long underwear and help?

    Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next 2009

  • As the distance closed the snowplough driver was now better able to see that this individual was oddly shaped; very large with arms that reached nearly to its knees, a conical head and what he had initially thought to be a light golden brown parka was instead hair.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Strollers don't work well in snow this deep, street corners are terribly blocked in by berms of snowplough buildup, and you can't count on everyone having shoveled.

    In A One-Mom Open Sleigh... kittenpie 2007

  • Strollers don't work well in snow this deep, street corners are terribly blocked in by berms of snowplough buildup, and you can't count on everyone having shoveled.

    Archive 2007-12-01 kittenpie 2007

  • You are perfectly correct, of course, in saying "chasse-neige" means snowplough but in the case of Liszt's title it is surely meant to mean "snowstorm"?

    Mind the Bach Jessica 2008

  • Yes indeed - but where our railway system is concerned, a snowplough would be a lot more useful!

    Mind the Bach Jessica 2008

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