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
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.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
Then follow further instructions as to conduct, which forbid any man to play at cards or dice, either for his apparel or arms, upon pain of being disarmed and made a swabber.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.