windshield-wiper

See also: windshield wiper

English

Noun

windshield-wiper (plural windshield-wipers)

  1. Alternative form of windshield wiper.
    • 1960 March, Curtis Cate, “The Rise and Decline of Françoise Sagan”, in The Atlantic Monthly‎[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2022, page 94, column 1:
      “She drove off very fast so that he should not see the tears clouding her view. Mechanically she switched on the windshield-wipers and her gesture tore from her a desperate little laugh” is the way Sagan describes the end of a midday lovers’ quarrel.
      Quoting Aimez-vous Brahms? (1959; 1960 translation), where it is unhyphenated.
    • 2008 August 20, Charlie Sorrel, “Concept Box Squeezes Mower Clippings into Toys, Furniture”, in Wired‎[2], San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 March 2015:
      My friends and I were standing on the grass verge of the town’s main road, tossing loose balls of fresh-mown grass at passing cars. One of these stuck in the windshield-wipers of a car (which was probably doing around 60 mph).
    • 2012 April 12, Jonathan Welsh, “GM Recalling 50,000 Vehicles To Fix Loose Wipers”, in The Wall Street Journal‎[3], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 October 2020:
      General Motors Co. is recalling certain large crossover vehicles from the 2011 and 2012 model years to fix windshield-wipers that may loosen and stop working.
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