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swabby

or ɲ·

[ swob-ee ]

noun

plural swabbies.
  1. Slang. (in the Navy or Coast Guard) a sailor; gob.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swabby1

First recorded in 1940–45; swab + -y 2
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You love working with Joe Mantello so much that when he directed the Sting musical, “The Last Ship,” you wanted him to write you a cameo role as an asexual deckhand named Swabby.

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We were laughing about Swabby.

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“I’m a swabby by choice,” he told me once.

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Carlyle, the swabby, is also there.

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He seems a bit irritated that his authority has been undermined by the parrot and the swabby.

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