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A device for holding a sponge or mophead with a long handle and often with an attached wringer for squeezing excess water from the mop or sponge..
The specification stated that: "The principal object of the invention is to provide a combined mop and wringer of simple and inexpensive construction in which the mopholder shall be so constructed that when the device is used for mopping or scrubbing the floor or other surface the body of the holder will be retained at a slight distance above the mop, so that the water will not be squeezed or pressed therefrom.
The simple mopholder found in every American home and which can be purchased today at any five and ten cent store in this country was invented and patented in 1893 by Thomas W. Stewart.
A long-handled mopholder fitted with a coarse carriage sponge will facilitate the cleaning of the latter.
Use mopholder when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mopholder means A device for holding a sponge or mophead with a long handle and often with an attached wringer for squeezing excess water from the mop or sponge..
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The specification stated that: "The principal object of the invention is to provide a combined mop and wringer of simple and inexpensive construction in which the mopholder shall be so constructed that when the device is used for mopping or scrubbing the floor or other surface the body of the holder will be retained at a slight distance above the mop, so that the water will not be squeezed or pressed therefrom.
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