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sweep-washers

sweep-washers is the plural of sweep-washer.

Meaning of sweep-washer

Noun

sweep-washer (plural sweep-washers)

  1. (historical) One who scrapes a little gold or silver from the sweepings of refineries.

Questions about sweep-washers

What is sweep-washers the plural of?
Sweep-washers is the plural of sweep-washer.

Words near sweep-washers in the dictionary

  1. sweep the floor with someone
  2. sweep up
  3. sweep-chimney
  4. sweep-chimneys
  5. sweep-washer
  6. sweep-washers
  7. sweepable
  8. sweepage
  9. sweepages
  10. sweepback
  11. sweepbacks

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