mops

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The one that always makes me cringe is "mops" - or bent over using your shirt to mop the gym floor as you go as fast as you can from one end to the other then back.

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  • This article explains what microfiber is and why microfiber cleaning tools, including towels, mops, and dusters are effective. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The one that always makes me cringe is "mops" - or bent over using your shirt to mop the gym floor as you go as fast as you can from one end to the other then back. —  Los Angeles Metblogs
  • GALVESTON - Free re-entry kits and supplies that include disposable face masks to guard against mold allergies, ice chests, buckets and mops will be distributed to Galveston residents today at the Ball High School student parking lot, 4115 Ave. —  The Daily News - News
  • Bleach and mops were the biggest sellers on Monday as people swept away the grime and disinfected damaged basements, Palermo said. —  News from www.pantagraph.com
  • Their instruments happen mostly to be the tools of the cleaning trade - brooms, mops, dust pans, buckets of water, garbage cans and lids augmented by pipes, tire inner tubes and the like, but they could be most anyone's tools. —  seMissourian.com Headlines
 

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  1. = Low German G. Swedish Danish mops, a pug-dog; a variant, with insignificant formative -s (as in minx and mawks), of mop, a wry mouth: see mop.
 

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