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sweep·ings [ˈswi:pɪŋz] N pl

1. sweepings (dirt):

sweepings

2. sweepings (refuse):

sweepings

3. sweepings fig (people at bottom of society):

the sweepings

street sweepings

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From that time forth they came no more, but as long as the shoemaker lived all went well with him, and all his undertakings prospered.

SECOND STORY There was once a poor servant-girl, who was industrious and cleanly, and swept the house every day, and emptied her sweepings on the great heap in front of the door.

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Von nun an kamen sie nicht wieder, dem Schuster aber ging es wohl, solang er lebte, und es glückte ihm alles, was er unternahm.

ZWEITES MÄRCHEN Es war einmal ein armes Dienstmädchen, das war fleissig und reinlich, kehrte alle Tage das Haus und schüttete das Kehricht auf einen grossen Haufen vor die Türe.

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