swabbies

plural of swabbie, slang

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Noun
  • Much of this arises from the novel, though Shelley must have left out the part where the Creature kills several sailors with his bare hands and gets blunderbussed off the side of the ship, seemingly to his death.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
  • No doubt some sailors noticed that compass needles no longer pointed toward the magnetic north pole during auroras.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The alert calls for heightened caution from mariners, especially in shallow waters.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Swabbies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swabbies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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