What does mop-stick mean?
Mop-stick means Archaic form of mopstick..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Archaic form of mopstick..
Demn old mother Fortune, for throwing one of my birth and spirit into such a demnation situation; to be obliged to follow that lanky old mop-stick there before me, with a white mop-like top-not; […]
In 1870 steam was substituted for water, and chair-stock, clothes-horses, mop-sticks, turned stock, and woodenware were manufactured.
The clerks in the Ordnance Department at the Tower were sworn in as special constables, and were served out with batons cut out of old mop-sticks.
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Mop-stick means Archaic form of mopstick..
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Demn old mother Fortune, for throwing one of my birth and spirit into such a demnation situation; to be obliged to follow that lanky old mop-stick there before me, with a white mop-like top-not; […]
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