VACUUM, VACUUM CLEANER
NOUNS
1940 ► BAGPIPE a vacuum cleaner → African-American sl.
1992 ► VANCOUVER a hoover, any vacuum cleaner → rhyming sl.
VERBS
1970 ► LUX to vacuum a carpet etc. → NZ sl.
NOUNS
1940 ► BAGPIPE a vacuum cleaner → African-American sl.
1992 ► VANCOUVER a hoover, any vacuum cleaner → rhyming sl.
VERBS
1970 ► LUX to vacuum a carpet etc. → NZ sl.