mop squeezer
English
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editSense 2 attested from 1949 in the US.[1] Sense 2 possibly a reference to the scepter held by some queens (e.g., the queen of spades in the English deck).
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Noun
editmop squeezer (plural mop squeezers) (slang)
- (archaic) A maidservant.
- c. 1758, Epistle of a Reformed Rake, page 23; quoted in Jonathon Green, “mop n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, 2024:
- Servant Maids – who despising their Station […] deserted their Calling, and from Mop-squeezers, were promoted to Whores.
- (uncommon, possibly offensive) A queen (the playing card).
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editReferences
edit- ^ Eric Partridge (2005) “mop squeezer”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1321.
- Jonathon Green (2024) “mop n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, retrieved February 17, 2024
Further reading
edit- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN