shampooer

English

Etymology

shampoo +‎ -er

Noun

shampooer (plural shampooers)

1. A machine for shampooing carpets.
   • 1988, Edmund White, chapter 8, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:

     I felt like a home appliance one seldom buys but rents when needed, something like a rug shampooer.

2. A person (such as a hairdresser) who washes hair.

Translations

machine for shampooing carpets

• French: shampouineuse (fr) f

hairdresser washing hair

• French: shampouineur (fr) m, shampouineuse (fr) f

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