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sweep-head Obs. 
n. the deck or platform occupied by the sweepman on a scow equipped with a tail-sweep.
See also: sweepman tail-sweep
- 1902 "Bear witness, O my comrades, what a hard-bit gang were we,--/The servants of the sweep-head, but the masters of the sea!"
- 1902 "Bear witness, O my comrades, what a hard-bit gang were we,--/The servants of the sweep-head, but the masters of the sea!"