Swabber
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Swabber is a noun meaning One who swabs a floor or deck.
Meaning
One who swabs a floor or deck.
More Meanings
- An instrument for swabbing.
- A baker's implement for cleaning ovens.
- (nautical, historical) An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
- (card games) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.
Example Sentences
The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I, The gunner, and his mate, Lov'd Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery, But none of us car'd for Kate: […]
Meaningless filler code that shouldn't interact with a person's DNA. […] He pulls a pen-size swabber from his pocket, chrome finished with a needle point on one end, and a pad for swabbing on the other.
It was the old custom of the sea that they should hail as a liar the man first caught in a lie on a Monday morning and proclaim him thus from the mainmast, and unhappy was the man thus hailed, for thereby he became for a week the ‘‘ship’s liar” and held his place under the swabber.
Word Forms
- swabbers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include swab, scrubber, swob, sweeper, deckscrub, scrubwoman.
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