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   squeegee

   /ˈskwiːdʒiː/

   noun

   • 1. a scraping implement with a rubber-edged blade set on a handle, typically used for cleaning windows.
   • ▪ a rubber roller or small implement consisting of a strip of rubber set on a wooden frame, used especially in photography for squeezing water out of prints.
   • ▪ denoting a person who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and then demands payment from the driver: "squeegee merchants at every road junction"

   verb

   • 1. clean or scrape with a squeegee: "squeegee the shower doors while the surfaces are still wet"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from archaic squeege ‘to press’, strengthened form of squeeze.

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