Meaning of mop-stick | Babel Free
Examples
“Demn old mother Fortune, for throwing one of my birth and spirit into such a demnation situation; to be obliged to follow⟳ that lanky old mop-stick there before me, with a white mop-like top-not; […]”
“In 1870 steam was substituted for water, and chair-stock, clothes-horses, mop-sticks, turned stock⟳, and woodenware were manufactured.”
“The clerks in the Ordnance Department at the Tower were sworn in as special constables, and were served out with batons cut⟳ out of old mop-sticks.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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