Meaning of "squeegee merchant" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SQUEEGEE MERCHANT

squeegee merchant  [ˈskwiːˌdʒiː ˈmɜːtʃənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SQUEEGEE MERCHANT

Squeegee merchant is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SQUEEGEE MERCHANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Squeegee man

A squeegee man or squeegee woman, squeegee kid, squeegee punk, squeegee merchant or squeegee bandit is a person who, washcloth and squeegee in hand, wipes windshields of cars stopped in traffic and then solicits money from drivers.

Definition of squeegee merchant in the English dictionary

The definition of squeegee merchant in the dictionary is a person who attempts to make money by squeegeeing the windscreens of cars that are stopped at traffic lights and then asking for payment.

TRANSLATION OF SQUEEGEE MERCHANT

Find out the translation of squeegee merchant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of squeegee merchant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «squeegee merchant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 刮墨刀的商人
• Translator English - Spanish: comerciante escobilla de goma
• English: squeegee merchant
• Translator English - Hindi: squeegee व्यापारी
• Translator English - Arabic: التاجر ممسحة
• Translator English - Russian: швабра купец
• Translator English - Portuguese: comerciante rodo
• Translator English - Bengali: সকিয়েজ বণিক
• Translator English - French: marchand raclette
• Translator English - Malay: Pedagang squeegee
• Translator English - German: Rakel Kaufmann
• Translator English - Japanese: スキージ商人
• Translator English - Korean: 스퀴지 상인
• Translator English - Javanese: Pedagang squeegee
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thương lăn cao su
• Translator English - Tamil: துணிச்சலான வியாபாரி
• Translator English - Marathi: Squeegee merchant
• Translator English - Turkish: Sileceği tüccar
• Translator English - Italian: mercante tergivetro
• Translator English - Polish: ściągaczki sklep
• Translator English - Ukrainian: швабра купець
• Translator English - Romanian: comerciant racleta
• Translator English - Greek: σπάτουλα έμπορο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: squeegee handelaar
• Translator English - Swedish: skrapan köpman
• Translator English - Norwegian: nal kjøpmann

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUEEGEE MERCHANT»

Discover the use of squeegee merchant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to squeegee merchant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

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Richie Krishna Fergus, 2012

Criminal Policy in Transition

25 Jack Straw, speech to the Howard League for Penal Reform, September 1995 . This may have been one of the first uses in Britain of the American term, " squeegee merchant" (someone who washes your windscreen, often without invitation, ...

Penny Green, Andrew Rutherford, 2000

Racial Criminalization of Migrants in the 21st Century

which is used to refer to street sellers; the 'squeegee merchant'; the extracomunitario, literally a non-EU national; the clandestino, often translated as ' illegal immigrant' but with far broader connotations (see below); the 'Islamic fundamentalist'; ...

Professor Salvatore Palidda, 2013

World Film Locations: Dublin

The scene is punctuated by O'Leary's first sighting ofa have- not doppelgänger – his twin brother it transpires – a rough and ready roadside squeegee merchant who briefly obliterates the view of the skyline with a soapy sponge on O'Leary's ...

Jez Conolly, Caroline Whelan, 2012

Endless Horizon: A Very Messy Motorcycle Journey Around the ...

First kick, sheesh, forget about the pillion peg and put it through my calf. She's dodging teeth-clipping wing mirrors and toe-crushing tyres like an overdressed squeegee merchant while I try to paddle the bike to the central reservation, sweating ...

Dan Walsh, 2009

Clandestino: In Search of Manu Chao

You lookinto someonelike Oscar's eyes andyouthink you cantrust him.Sometimes youare wrong. But nowwe havea strong relation.' Negro Chetto was a squeegee merchant at traffic lights for years before coming into contact with Oscar and his ...

Peter Culshaw, 2013

Montenegro

... ferry area is a squeegee merchant hangout. Keep your doors locked. For Lepetane, see page 147. Keeping to the west, the longer shore route emerges from Verige revealing the two wide bays spread like buttery wings; at their head Perast ...

Annalisa Rellie, 2012

Youth Market

Ron loomed out of the fug of the club, cloth in hand, like a squeegee merchant branching out. “Oh hi, Ron,” exclaimed Jady, “may I introduce you to Millado, Hanif's new assistant? Millado, this is Ron, the owner of this illustrious establishment ...

Barry Tighe, 2000

My Poetic Licence

... totally unacceptable to something very important to him and he really doesn't want me to. I stand there. I gaze at him in absolute bewilderment. His window opens. Then his mouth. 'Bloody squeegee merchant. Don't you touch my fucking car.

Attila (the Stockbroker), 2008

Bradt Montenegro

In season the ferry area is a squeegee- merchant hang-out. Keep your doors locked. For Lepetane, see page 126. Keeping to the west, the longer shore route emerges from Verige revealing the two wide bays spread like butterfly wings; ...

Annalisa Rellie, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUEEGEE MERCHANT»

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The NS Interview: Colin Firth

I'd be a squeegee merchant on the Euston Road. Will you always be an actor, or will you try something else? I've tried writing. I'm still trying - I've published one ... «New Statesman, Jun 10»