swabber
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- noun
- /ˈswɑːbər/
- Archaic
:
mopero
- The crew relied on the swabber to maintain the cleanliness of the ship's surfaces.
Examples
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As the swabber moved across the floor, he made sure no dirt was left behind.
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- Give the change to the swabber.
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"If he were home, it would be the height of decadence to read in bed in the middle of the day, but in this temple of pleasure, where even the lowliest deck-swabbers seem ecstatic in their swabbing, anything less than the time of his life feels like failure."
Fiction book (2002) -
The swabber carefully cleaned the deck of the ship after the storm.
Synonyms
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1.3
A person who cleans floors or streets using a broom
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5.7
A crew member who does physical work on a ship's deck
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1.3
A cloth used to remove dust from surfaces
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2.3
A brush with short, stiff bristles for cleaning hard surfaces
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2.8
A person who cleans floors and other surfaces with a brush
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4.6
A tool like a mop with cotton on a handle for cleaning floors
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3.3
A worker who cleans floors with a mop
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3.1
A worker who cleans machines by wiping away oil and dirt
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A sailor who cleans and cares for a ship
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A sailor who cleans the ship, for example the deck
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A brush with short stiff bristles for cleaning hard dirt on surfaces
A person who cleans surfaces by scrubbing them hard
A person or machine that cleans a surface with a brush
A tool like a broom or mop used to clean floors and other surfaces
A tool like a vacuum or brush that cleans surfaces
A tool or person that uses water to wash away dirt
A person who works on the deck of a ship
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word swabber comes from the simple word swab ('to wipe') plus -er, which means a person or tool that does something. Sailors used a swabber to wipe and mop the deck, so today it means someone or something used for cleaning ship decks.