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mop stick

mop stick is the alternative form of mopstick.

Meaning of mopstick

Noun

mopstick (plural mopsticks)

  1. The long handle of a mop.
    • THE TWITCH is a short stick of strong ash, about the size of a mopstick,1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in the Field
  2. (historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.

Forms of mop stick

pluralmop sticks

Questions about mop stick

What is mop stick the alternative form of?
Mop stick is the alternative form of mopstick.

Words near mop stick in the dictionary

  1. mop head
  2. mop heads
  3. mop marriage
  4. mop squeezer
  5. mop squeezers
  6. mop stick
  7. mop sticks
  8. mop the floor with someone
  9. mop up
  10. mop up the ice
  11. mop water

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