swabber
/ˈswɑbər/
noun
- A person who cleans with a mop or swab, especially on a ship.
- The swabber mopped the deck every morning before breakfast.
- As a young swabber, he learned the importance of keeping the ship clean.
- The captain praised the swabber for his thorough work in the galley.
- A tool or device used for cleaning, such as a mop or a medical swab.
- In the old days, a deck swabber was just a bundle of rags on a stick.
- He grabbed a swabber from the bucket to clean the spill on the floor.
- The nurse used a sterile swabber to collect a sample from the patient's throat.
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