Definitions
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- noun Commonwealth spelling of
snowplow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vehicle used to push snow from roads
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Examples
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"snowplough" -- turn them loose on Reith, a larger skiing area nearby, between the Zillertal and Wildschoenau.
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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
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» Montreal Monday: smart card facelift, snowplough tragedy, and a windowless wall • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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