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Hoover
(redirected from hoovering up)

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Hoover1
1. Herbert (Clark). 1874--1964, US statesman; 31st president of the US (1929--33). He organized relief for Europe during and after World War I, but as president he lost favour after his failure to alleviate the effects of the Depression
2. J(ohn) Edgar. 1895--1972, US lawyer: director of the FBI (1924--72). He used new scientific methods to combat crime, including the first fingerprint file

Hoover2
™ a type of vacuum cleaner


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I adore hearing them fall through the letter box, I like arranging them on the mantelpiece only for them to fall off at the first gust of wind, and I actively look forward to Hoovering up the glitter from the cheap ones that come off all over the car and the carpet.
They went through a stage of hoovering up all the big young midfield talent from around the country, and have hardly gotten the best out of them (Lennon, Dawson, Huddlestone, Bale etc).
Arb sharks will have been hard at work hoovering up the value so the markets will look very different this morning, but anyone able to get anything close to Betfred's 8-11 for El Aynaoui to beat Hrbaty should be on to a winner.
 
 
 
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