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- noun Plural form of
swape .
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Examples
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´ I went and grabbed her a mop and a bucket, the she said ´there aren´t enough mops and enough buckets to clean up this room´ At that point I thought to myself, God damn it, how many mops do you need... and then I said to her ´God damn it, cuantos swapes necesitas?
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"It's the new broom as swapes clane," answered the head deckhand.
Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand Horatio Alger 1865
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I'll come with him jist to get him started loike, for he's niver swept a carpet, though he swapes a bare floor ilegant. "
The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger
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