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Definition of Swabbie
1. a sailor [n -S] - See also: sailor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swabbie
Literary usage of Swabbie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military Geography for Professionals and the Public by John M. Collins (2000)
"The corrosive effects of sea water and salt air on surface ships and submarines
are pervasive and pernicious, the curse of every "swabbie" who spent most of ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"... as immediately derived from forms in which the d of swaddle or labial of swap,
swabbie, is replaced by a guttural. Prov. ..."
3. Military Geography for Professionals and the Public by John M. Collins (1998)
"The corrosive effects of sea water and salt air on surface ships and submarines
are pervasive and pernicious, the curse of every "swabbie" who spent most of ..."
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