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cotton swab

noun as in cotton-tipped stick

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The researchers proceeded to recruit healthy volunteers and asked them to apply Neosporin with a cotton swab to their nose, twice a day.

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Nor, it suggests, should users try inserting "a foreign object, such as a cotton swab or a paper towel" into their phone.

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To get beans, you’ll have to hand-pollinate the flowers using a cotton swab or a small artist’s paintbrush to transfer pollen from one blossom to the next.

“I overheard you telling Poppy you wanted a pet. I had an extra pet rat and thought you’d like it. His name is Cotton Swab, and he’s actually really nice. I trained him to find nightshade and doll’s eyes since we’re low on poisonous plants in Ravenskill and I know you like plants. Also he knows how to roll over.”

“Why didn’t you just talk to me? Tell me about the mayo and Cotton Swab instead of sneaking?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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