swabber

Example Sentences

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As the days passed, the first colleague through the line each morning would text a scouting report to the rest of us about the aggressiveness of the swabber.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

The swabber working in the mobile Covid testing van parked at Conference House Park, Jesse Henry, said he was not vaccinated.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Maybe five seconds per nostril with a six-inch swabber that reaches the sinus cavity where COVID-19 likes to live.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2020

No man shall play at cards or dice either for his apparel or arms upon pain of being disarmed and made a swabber of the ship.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)

No, good swabber; I am to hull here a little longer.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William