Crossword-Solution: SWABBER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Swabber | v. t. | To swab. |
| Swabber | n. | One who swabs a floor or desk. |
| Swabber | n. | Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean. |
| Swabber | n. | Same as Swobber, 2. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “SWABBER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Deck toiler | 1 answer |
| Hand, at times | 1 answer |
| Mop wielder | 1 answer |
| person who uses a swab | 1 answer |
| Deck cleaner | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CEEZAM
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with SWABBER (5)
Watton's Ship-swabber from the Indies.-Richardson, 1667.--De Heiterkeit, 1713.--Robert Powell, 1718-1780.--Dufour, 1783.--Quackensalber, 1794 III.
There was no order among us--he that was captain to-day, was swabber to-morrow; and as for plunder--they say old Avery, and one or two close hunks, made money; but in my time, all went as it came; and reason good, for if a fellow had saved five dollars, his throat would have been cut in his hammock.
How have I heard him cried up for his _John Swabber_, and _Simpleton the Smith_; in which he being to appear with a large piece of bread and butter, I have frequently known several of the female spectators and auditors to long for it; and once that well-known natural, _Jack Adams of Clerkenwell_, seeing him with bread and butter on the stage, and knowing him, cried out, 'Cuz! Cuz! give me some!' to the great pleasure of the audience.
Linschoten, describing a Portuguese ship's company, dismisses them with three contemptuous words, "the swabers pump"; but alas, that was but the first duty of your true swabber.
Surely, if this Swabber doth thoroughly take care to discharge this his charge I easily believe that he may have his hands full, and especially if there chance to be any number of Landmen aboard." Under the swabber there was a temporary rate known as the liar.
Quotes with SWABBER (1)
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century seafarers lately, and even the lowliest press-ganged deck-swabber turns a finer phrase than I do most days.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NY Sun, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1993–2005).