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Swabber   Listen
noun
Swabber  n.  
1.
One who swabs a floor or desk.
2.
(Naut.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.
3.
Same as Swobber, 2.





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"Swabber" Quotes from Famous Books



... of my countrymen as if I was a Frenchman, and I believe in my heart there i'n't a pin to choose between them; and, before long, we shall hear the very sailors talking that lingo, and see never a swabber without a bag and ...
— Evelina • Fanny Burney
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... Swabber, say but half so much again, and I'll call the Constable, and lay Burglary to your Charge. You wou'd not be so hot if the Enemy were in View, nor if you had to do with any body but a poor innocent ...
— The City Bride (1696) - Or The Merry Cuckold • Joseph Harris
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