swabbern.¹

/ˈswɒbə/

Forms: Also 1500s swaber, 1600s–1700s swobber.

Etymology: < early modern Dutch zwabber, < zwabben : see swab v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Compare Low German swabber (German schwabber) mop, West Frisian swabber mop, also roving fellow, vagabond, beggar.

a. One of a ship's crew whose business it was to swab the decks, etc.; a petty officer who had charge of the cleaning of the decks.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand > who cleans decks

swabber1592

swab1687

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 144 Scarce little chip shall lie vpon the hatch, But for the swabber [he] hastely doth call, Cleane and fine ech buisnes to dispatch.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xciii. 165/1 The Guardian or quartermaster..hath charge to see the swabers pumpe to make the ship cleane.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 45 The Master, the Swabber, the Boate-swaine & I.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 6 The Swabber is to wash and keepe cleane the ship and maps.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 114 By driving the skilful Pilots..from the Helm, and putting in their places every bold Boatswain, and simple Swobber.

1755 Connoisseur No. 84. 507 It is beneath the dignity of the British Flag to have an Admiral behave as rudely as a Swabber, or a Commodore as foul-mouthed as a Boatswain.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Balayeur The swabber, or sweeper of a ship, usually called captain's swabber.

1803 Royal Proclam. 7 July Gunsmiths, Coopers, Swabbers.

1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. I. 34 A staunch crew too, none of your swabbers and afterguard, able seamen every man on 'em.

1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 582 The swabbers, who clean the between-decks, thoroughly ventilate, &c.

b. transferred. One who uses a mop or cleans up.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > mopping or swabbing > one who

swabber1720

1720–21 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 309 Prince Cerberus his Groom of the Stool wants a Swobber.

1931 E. Pound Let. 6 Oct. (1971) 236 In reply to yr. last: I am not interested in roach-powder but if the janitors and swabbers can't keep the place clean, I take it somebody has got to provide insecticide or even squash the individual cockroach.

2. One who behaves like a sailor of low rank; a low or unmannerly fellow; a term of contempt. (Cf. swab n.¹ 2b.)

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt > male

houndOE

churlc1300

pagec1385

jockeya1529

sincanterc1540

cullion1575

cur1600

swabber1612

codworm1615

bob-taila1625

pompilliona1625

duck's meata1627

swab1687

person1704

hallion1789

jackeen1810

peat1818

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vii. sig. K4 Doe not beleeue him, Sir: He is the lying'st Swabber .

1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 575 How these swabbers talke!

1770 R. Cumberland Brothers ii. vii. 21 Ridiculous! a poor beggarly swabber truly.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea~swabber, a reproachful term for an idle sailor.]

3. A mop or swab; spec. a kind of mop for cleaning ovens.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > mopping or swabbing > mop or swab

swipple14..

mapplea1406

malkin1440

mop1496

makron1552

swabber1606

swab1787

swab-stick1839

file1851

squilgee1851

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. H1^v (quoth Charon)..their ragges serued to make me Swabbers.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo2^v/2 Nothing but brayded haire, and penny riband, Glove, garter, ring, rose, or at best a swabber.

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Swabber,..a kind of broom.

Compounds

† swabber-slops n. Obsolete ? a sailor's wide breeches or garments resembling them.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose

slops1481

shipman's hose1540

slop1560

shipman's breek1563

drawers1567

kelsouns1568

scaling1577

scavilones1577

scabilonian1600

calzoons1615

linings1631

swabber-slopsa1658

pantaloon1686

underslops1737

trousers1773

pyjamas1801

Cossacks1820

Turkish trousers1821

hakama1822

salwar1824

slacks1824

sherwal1844

overall1845

bag1853

sack-pants1856

bloomer1862

trouser skirt1883

petticoat trousers1885

mompe1908

step-in1922

bombachas1936

baggies1962

jams1966

palazzo1970

hose-

a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 101 List him a Writer, and you smother Geoffry in Swabber-slops.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 128 Her swetty toes,..the thighs contained in these swabberslops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

swabbern.²

/ˈswɒbə/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s swobber.

Etymology: perhaps the same word as swabber n.¹ Compare swab n.²

Obsolete exc. Historical or dialect.

Chiefly plural. Certain cards at the game of whist (see first quot. 1699), which entitled the holder to part of the stakes. whisk and swabbers: a form of the game in which these cards were so used.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > varieties of

whisk and swabbers1699

twelfth whist1752

Boston1800

short1825

long1832

dummy whist1843

preference1852

solo whistc1875

hearts1884

drive whist1885

cayenne whist1887

duplicate whist1891

duplicate1894

straight whist1901

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > type of card

swab1681

swabber1699

long card1862

card of re-entry1870

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Swabbers, the Ace of Hearts, Knave of Clubs, Ace and Duce of Trumps.

1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. iii. ii. 33 We'll sit down to Ombre, Picquet, Wisk, and Swabbers.

1728 J. Swift Intelligencer No. 5. ⁋7 His Grace said, he had heard that the Clergy-Man used to play at Whisk and Swobbers; that as to playing now and then a sober Game at Whisk for Pastime, it might be pardoned, but he could not digest those wicked Swobbers.

1772 Test Filial Duty I. 64 Her thirty thousand pounds would more than discharge all the Knight's play debts, though he should never have a swabber in his hand again.

1812 P. Francis Let. 6 Sept. in Francis Lett. (1901) II. 670 Last night I had the honour to play at french crowns and swobbers with the following Ladies of quality.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. i. 27 The society of half a dozen of clowns to play at whisk and swabbers.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 57/1 Swabbers, ‘I never cared for whisk since swabs went out of fashion’. Said by an old lady at Penzance about ten years since... Each player before beginning to play puts in the pool a fixed sum for swabs.

1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Swabs or Swabbers, honours at whist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	swabber
释义	swabbern.¹ /ˈswɒbə/ Forms: Also 1500s swaber, 1600s–1700s swobber. Etymology: < early modern Dutch zwabber, < zwabben : see swab v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Compare Low German swabber (German schwabber) mop, West Frisian swabber mop, also roving fellow, vagabond, beggar. 1. a. One of a ship's crew whose business it was to swab the decks, etc.; a petty officer who had charge of the cleaning of the decks. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand > who cleans decks swabber1592 swab1687 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 144 Scarce little chip shall lie vpon the hatch, But for the swabber [he] hastely doth call, Cleane and fine ech buisnes to dispatch. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xciii. 165/1 The Guardian or quartermaster..hath charge to see the swabers pumpe to make the ship cleane. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 45 The Master, the Swabber, the Boate-swaine & I. View more context for this quotation 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 6 The Swabber is to wash and keepe cleane the ship and maps. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 114 By driving the skilful Pilots..from the Helm, and putting in their places every bold Boatswain, and simple Swobber. 1755 Connoisseur No. 84. 507 It is beneath the dignity of the British Flag to have an Admiral behave as rudely as a Swabber, or a Commodore as foul-mouthed as a Boatswain. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Balayeur The swabber, or sweeper of a ship, usually called captain's swabber. 1803 Royal Proclam. 7 July Gunsmiths, Coopers, Swabbers. 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. I. 34 A staunch crew too, none of your swabbers and afterguard, able seamen every man on 'em. 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 582 The swabbers, who clean the between-decks, thoroughly ventilate, &c. b. transferred. One who uses a mop or cleans up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > mopping or swabbing > one who swabber1720 1720–21 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 309 Prince Cerberus his Groom of the Stool wants a Swobber. 1931 E. Pound Let. 6 Oct. (1971) 236 In reply to yr. last: I am not interested in roach-powder but if the janitors and swabbers can't keep the place clean, I take it somebody has got to provide insecticide or even squash the individual cockroach. 2. One who behaves like a sailor of low rank; a low or unmannerly fellow; a term of contempt. (Cf. swab n.¹ 2b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt > male houndOE churlc1300 pagec1385 jockeya1529 sincanterc1540 cullion1575 cur1600 swabber1612 codworm1615 bob-taila1625 pompilliona1625 duck's meata1627 swab1687 person1704 hallion1789 jackeen1810 peat1818 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vii. sig. K4 Doe not beleeue him, Sir: He is the lying'st Swabber . View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 575 How these swabbers talke! View more context for this quotation 1770 R. Cumberland Brothers ii. vii. 21 Ridiculous! a poor beggarly swabber truly. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea~swabber, a reproachful term for an idle sailor.] 3. A mop or swab; spec. a kind of mop for cleaning ovens. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > mopping or swabbing > mop or swab swipple14.. mapplea1406 malkin1440 mop1496 makron1552 swabber1606 swab1787 swab-stick1839 file1851 squilgee1851 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. H1^v (quoth Charon)..their ragges serued to make me Swabbers. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo2^v/2 Nothing but brayded haire, and penny riband, Glove, garter, ring, rose, or at best a swabber. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Swabber,..a kind of broom. Compounds † swabber-slops n. Obsolete ? a sailor's wide breeches or garments resembling them. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > wide or loose slops1481 shipman's hose1540 slop1560 shipman's breek1563 drawers1567 kelsouns1568 scaling1577 scavilones1577 scabilonian1600 calzoons1615 linings1631 swabber-slopsa1658 pantaloon1686 underslops1737 trousers1773 pyjamas1801 Cossacks1820 Turkish trousers1821 hakama1822 salwar1824 slacks1824 sherwal1844 overall1845 bag1853 sack-pants1856 bloomer1862 trouser skirt1883 petticoat trousers1885 mompe1908 step-in1922 bombachas1936 baggies1962 jams1966 palazzo1970 hose- a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 101 List him a Writer, and you smother Geoffry in Swabber-slops. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 128 Her swetty toes,..the thighs contained in these swabberslops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020). swabbern.² /ˈswɒbə/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s swobber. Etymology: perhaps the same word as swabber n.¹ Compare swab n.² Obsolete exc. Historical or dialect. Chiefly plural. Certain cards at the game of whist (see first quot. 1699), which entitled the holder to part of the stakes. whisk and swabbers: a form of the game in which these cards were so used. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > varieties of whisk and swabbers1699 twelfth whist1752 Boston1800 short1825 long1832 dummy whist1843 preference1852 solo whistc1875 hearts1884 drive whist1885 cayenne whist1887 duplicate whist1891 duplicate1894 straight whist1901 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > type of card swab1681 swabber1699 long card1862 card of re-entry1870 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Swabbers, the Ace of Hearts, Knave of Clubs, Ace and Duce of Trumps. 1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. iii. ii. 33 We'll sit down to Ombre, Picquet, Wisk, and Swabbers. 1728 J. Swift Intelligencer No. 5. ⁋7 His Grace said, he had heard that the Clergy-Man used to play at Whisk and Swobbers; that as to playing now and then a sober Game at Whisk for Pastime, it might be pardoned, but he could not digest those wicked Swobbers. 1772 Test Filial Duty I. 64 Her thirty thousand pounds would more than discharge all the Knight's play debts, though he should never have a swabber in his hand again. 1812 P. Francis Let. 6 Sept. in Francis Lett. (1901) II. 670 Last night I had the honour to play at french crowns and swobbers with the following Ladies of quality. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. i. 27 The society of half a dozen of clowns to play at whisk and swabbers. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 57/1 Swabbers, ‘I never cared for whisk since swabs went out of fashion’. Said by an old lady at Penzance about ten years since... Each player before beginning to play puts in the pool a fixed sum for swabs. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Swabs or Swabbers, honours at whist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1592n.²1699
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