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swabbers

swabbers is the plural of swabber.

Meaning of swabber

Noun

swabber (plural swabbers)

  1. One who swabs a floor or deck.
    • 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: […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. An instrument for swabbing.
    • 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.2017, Emily Suvada, This Mortal Coil, page 337
  3. A baker's implement for cleaning ovens.
  4. (historical) An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
  5. Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.

Questions about swabbers

What is swabbers the plural of?
Swabbers is the plural of swabber.

Words near swabbers in the dictionary

  1. swab jockey
  2. swab jockeys
  3. swabbed
  4. swabbed down
  5. swabber
  6. swabbers
  7. swabbie
  8. swabbies
  9. swabbing
  10. swabbing down
  11. swabbings

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