swamper
- noun
- /ˈswɑːmpər/
- Jargon
:
ayudante
- The swamper helped the crew carry supplies through the muddy terrain.
Examples
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What I need is for those two trash truck swampers... to be told, you know, what they should expect.
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The swamper had the bar in good shape, but the dining room was still a mess.
Fiction book (1990) -
- Swamper, you getting my trappin's?
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Blue hair, my swampers and raincoat?
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- Where's your swampers and toque?
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As a swamper, his main job was to assist the experienced workers on the site.
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She hired a swamper to help with the basic tasks at the construction site.
Synonyms
136
1.0
A person hired to do work in a home or restaurant
16
8.0
A person who runs small errands and obeys a boss
7
7.3
A person who does small jobs and gets things for others
7
7.3
A person who does small, unimportant jobs for other people
5
3.2
A person or thing that makes a task easier
1
3.0
A person who does hard work using their hands
1
3.9
A man who does small repair jobs around the home
1
9.0
A close friend you spend time with
1
5.2
A person who does many different jobs and fills in when needed
A person who does casual jobs to earn extra money and often does not declare them
A person seen as not important who follows orders
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swamper comes from swamp plus the ending -er, which means 'one who does'. It first named someone who worked in a swamp clearing or cleaning, and that's why today a swamper means a helper who does basic, often dirty or heavy, tasks.