Definition of "spring-cleaning" []

• A thorough cleaning, especially of a residence when winter is over. (noun)

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• "Just about any non-hazardous debris can go in the bag, making this is a nice option for extensive spring-cleaning projects."
• "Now, Brownstein has brought it here to the Bohema boutique, where Patrusky, in a twin nod to spring-cleaning season and Earth Day, is hosting her latest clothes swap and where Brownstein hopes the frock finds a new and grateful owner."
• "Another point to me in the battle of who cares less! actually deserves to die alone in the west wing, to be found by maids spring-cleaning three weeks later, half-chewed by corgis."