Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Simplified spellings of cleanliness, etc.
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Examples
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It is country wide in all public services, recently it has killed thousands of patients in the NHS, (clenliness & superbugs not a target) but no-one, predictably enough, has learnt from this.
What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Closer to our time, one only has to read mrs Beaton's book on household management written in the 1850's first as a series of separate articles and compiled into a book in 1861 to learn how assiduous she and her contemporaries were concerning hygiene, clenliness and a spotless kitchen, household and all tools, utensils, even horses, coaches etc.
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This extended into clenliness and good grooming of both householders and staff.
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Page [21] [Page Image] cooks, wood, failure in deliveries from town, unreliable cooks & waiters, lack of clenliness, and worst of all, thinking up something to eat.
William Bradley and Merle Davis Umstead papers (#4529). My Diary. A Soldier�s Record 1917
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It is interesting though why are US boys fixed? they do not fix the girls (for clenliness) (and not the fun hill, like some African places).?
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It was during that time that Yelena saw a clear connection between the clenliness of one's surroundings and one's health.
EzineArticles 2010
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