Carpet cleaner, for short (3)
I believe the answer is:
vac
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">carpet cleaner for short</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for vac that I've seen before include "short holiday" , "Holiday; cleaner" , "which helps with housework" , "Break" , "brief holiday" .)