swobber
swobber is the alternative form of swabber.
Meaning of swabber
Noun
swabber (plural swabbers)
- 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...
- The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I,
- 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
- A baker's implement for cleaning ovens.
- An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
- Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.
Forms of swobber
| plural | swobbers |
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Origin of swobber
From swob + -er.
Questions about swobber
- What is swobber the alternative form of?
- Swobber is the alternative form of swabber.
Words near swobber in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: swobber (page history and authors); swabber (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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