mopwater
See also: mop water
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- Alternative spelling of mop water
- 1949, Cornell University, Epoch, page 196:
- Below in the narrow valley, a gray stream simmered, no more than a trickle of mopwater in summer.
- 1998, Loudell Snow, Walkin' Over Medicine, page 92:
- The wary householder might also sprinkle salt around the house to keep away unwanted visitors, add a dollop of pepper and a little urine to the mopwater to prohibit the entry of evil spirits, ...
- 2004, Joe Jackson, How I Left the Great State of Tennessee and Went on to Better Things, page 39:
- He was a scrawny sort, not over seventeen, with pimples in the corners of his lips and hair the color of mopwater.