housecleaning: Meaning and Definition of
house•clean•ing
Pronunciation: (hous'klē"ning), [key]
— n.
- the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, esp. the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- the act of improving or reforming by weeding out excess or corrupt personnel or of revising methods of operation.
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