zwabber
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noun
- a mop, implement for cleaning floors etc., especially aboard a vessel
- certain other nautical cleaning implements:
- metonymica cabin-boy, least senior sailor (apprentice), as he (or they) must most often do chores like manning the mop
- a ship officer on the guard duty kuilwacht
- a dirty person
- derogatoryan irresponsible person, notably:
Forms
noun
| plural | zwabbers |
|---|---|
| diminutive neuter | zwabbertje |
Other ways to say it
- bedelaara beggar, a mendicant, who requests alms or handouts; a pauper, one who can't properly provide in his/her own/family's needs
- dronkenlapdrunkard, boozer
- fuifnummerparty animal
- landlopera vagabond, a vagrant
- mopa joke, jest; a tune, melody
- scheepsjongena cabin boy, junior ship's crew member, apprentice sailor
- smeerpoetsdirty or gross person, dirty fellow
- verkwistera squanderer, who wastes money and/or valuable things