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fire swabs

fire swabs is the plural of fire swab.

Meaning of fire swab

Noun

fire swab (plural fire swabs)

  1. A water-soaked swab for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
    • each warden should have ready for emergencies a sufficient supply of fire swabs or beaters, fire torches, and water carts1901, The Australasian Pastoralists' Review

Questions about fire swabs

What is fire swabs the plural of?
Fire swabs is the plural of fire swab.

Words near fire swabs in the dictionary

  1. fire stream
  2. fire streams
  3. fire striker
  4. fire strikers
  5. fire swab
  6. fire swabs
  7. fire swatter
  8. fire swatters
  9. fire system
  10. fire systems
  11. fire table

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