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swabbie

swabbie is the alternative spelling of swabby.

Meaning of swabby

Noun

swabby (plural swabbies)

  1. (informal) A sailor.

Forms of swabbie

pluralswabbies

Questions about swabbie

What is swabbie the alternative spelling of?
Swabbie is the alternative spelling of swabby.

Words near swabbie in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swabbie (page history and authors); swabby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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