Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A scoop for picking up and removing the feces of a dog or other pet.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pooper scooper .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's nice to hope, I guess, but the only way that dog will be recovered is via pooper-scooper and plastic bag.
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It's nice to hope, I guess, but the only way that dog will be recovered is via pooper-scooper and plastic bag.
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Three Random Words: un chasseur de têtes (m) = headhunter un ramasse-crottes (m) = pooper-scooper faisable (adj) = doable
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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But for now, it seems that Mr. Coniglione holds the title for most innovative New York pooper-scooper, a distinction he owes entirely to the Canada goose.
Down and Dirty: Cleaning After Geese Patrick G. Lee 2011
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It's nice to hope, I guess, but the only way that dog will be recovered is via pooper-scooper and plastic bag.
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Three Random Words: un chasseur de têtes (m) = headhunter un ramasse-crottes (m) = pooper-scooper faisable (adj) = doable
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Three Random Words: un chasseur de têtes (m) = headhunter un ramasse-crottes (m) = pooper-scooper faisable (adj) = doable
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Thanks to the personal crusade of one Fran Lee , the city in 1978 became nationwide model for the disposal of such canine waste, with the pooper-scooper law.
Clamoring for Cleanup Sumathi Reddy 2011
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Armed with a re-engineered debris vacuum, 8-foot-wide sweepers and a Smart Car, pooper-scooper Jim Coniglione spends a lot of time scouring New York for traces of Canada geese.
Down and Dirty: Cleaning After Geese Patrick G. Lee 2011
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As one who works with words for a living, I must say that any invented word, like Porta Potti or pooper-scooper, has a cheerful or even jovial ring to it that I don't think you really intended when you invented the word cremains.
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