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- noun Plural form of
mopping .
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Examples
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Oh, Fitzmaurice and the Jesuits land at Smerwick, with three ships, choose a place for a fort, bless it with their holy water, and their moppings and their scourings, and the rest of it, to purify it from the stain of heretic dominion; but in the meanwhile one of the Courtenays, — a Courtenay of
Westward Ho! 2007
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They cleaned up the bathrooms and the moppings on the floor.
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Oh, Fitzmaurice and the Jesuits land at Smerwick, with three ships, choose a place for a fort, bless it with their holy water, and their moppings and their scourings, and the rest of it, to purify it from the stain of heretic dominion; but in the meanwhile one of the Courtenays, -- a Courtenay of Haccombe, was it?
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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Wanted: Perp is known to hang out in counters and floors just after wipings and moppings.
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I'm very sure you don't want to hear about my cupboard cleaning extravaganza and twice daily moppings of my floor.
Qwaider Planet 2009
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He skipped up to us with a white wand in one hand and a dirty handkerchief in the other, and with sundry moppings and mowings, first wiping my shoes with his mouchoir, then my face, (murder, what a flavour of salt fish and onions it had!) he made a smart enough pirouette, and then sprung on the back of a nondescript animal, that now advanced capering and jumping about after the most grotesque fashion that can be imagined.
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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