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POOPER-SCOOPER [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

pooper-scooper : an item in the "Animal Husbandry Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pelle ramasse-crotte : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d’élevage d’animaux» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
  • Public Utilities (Civil Engineering)
  • Epidemiology
OBS

See also "pooper-scooper".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motos et motoneiges
  • Services d'utilité publique (Génie civil)
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

Moto équipée d'un container sur son porte-bagage, et utilisée par les services municipaux de Paris pour le ramassage des excréments canins sur les trottoirs de la capitale.

CONT

En se fondant sur le tonnage d'excréments récoltés par les «caninettes» - ou motos vertes - de la ville de Paris, la CFDT a calculé que la crotte de chien ramassée revenait à 150 F. [Source : L'Avenir de Château janvier - février 1986, page 3.]

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smallwares
  • Animal Hygiene and Sanitation (Agric.)
DEF

A scooplike device for picking up the droppings of a dog, horse, etc.

OBS

Especially U.S. ... from "poop", U.S. slang (chiefly a children’s) term for feces ...

CONT

Though most New Yorkers’ initial reaction was that the law is probably unenforceable, retailers reported brisk sale of sanitary devices ranging from 15 cent disposable cardboard shovels to $11, long-handled pooper scoopers equipped with a flashlight for nocturnal emitters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menus objets
  • Hygiène des animaux (Agric.)
Key term(s)
  • pelle ramasse-crottes
  • ramasse-crotte
  • ramasse-crottes

Spanish

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