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sweepwashers

sweepwashers is the plural of sweepwasher.

Meaning of sweepwasher

Noun

sweepwasher (plural sweepwashers)

  1. (dated) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where those metals are used.

Questions about sweepwashers

What is sweepwashers the plural of?
Sweepwashers is the plural of sweepwasher.

Words near sweepwashers in the dictionary

  1. sweepstake
  2. sweepstaker
  3. sweepstakers
  4. sweepstakes
  5. sweepwasher
  6. sweepwashers
  7. sweepy
  8. sweer
  9. swees
  10. sweese
  11. sweet

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