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noun
- An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- A fair where servants are hired. Prov. Eng.
- The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
- Prov. Eng. --Halliwell.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- What mops and mowes it makes! --Beau. & Fl.
- (jocular) A head of hair.
- He ran a comb through his and hurried out the door.
Translations: - French: tignasse
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- Spanish: chascona (italbrac, Chile), fregona (italbrac, Spain), lampazo (italbrac, Argentina, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela, Uruguay), mapo (italbrac, Puerto Rico), mechudo (italbrac, Mexico), mocho (italbrac, Eastern Spain), mopa (italbrac, Venezuelan standard usage), palo de trapear (italbrac, Cuba), suape (italbrac, Dominican Republic), trapeador (italbrac, Central America, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru), trapero (italbrac, Colombia)
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(trans-top, head of hair)
- Italian: zazzera
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verb (mop, p, ing)
- (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
- to (or scrub) a floor
- to one's face with a handkerchief
Translations: - Italian: asciugare
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