"Swab" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... issued forth on the enterprise, cased in tight blue pantaloons that fitted him like his skin, over which were drawn long well-polished Hessian boots, each with a formidable tassel at top, and his coat was buttoned close up to the chin, with a blaz-, ing swab on the right shoulder, while a laced cocked hat and dress sword completed his equipment. But, alas! when we were accounted for on board of the old Torch, there was a fearful dilapidation of his external man. First of all, his inexpressibles were absolutely ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott
... thankful when I had a chance to wring the long knife out of the murderous stranger's hand, and I spoke out to the smooth-faced fellow. "You'll do, my boy, even if you don't know a yard from a main-brace bumpkin. Pass a line around his legs and stuff a swab into his mouth ...
— Mr. Trunnell • T. Jenkins Hains
... out. I guess I'm best fitted for running mines or herding cattle, Dan. And I'm leaving all the boys who know me for those who don't—and I don't git on with folks who don't know me. God knows what persuaded me to sell to that macaroni-eating swab. But it's done, and there ain't no manner of good ...
— Colorado Jim • George Goodchild
... don't need to mind that. I have n't got anything you are used to. I just take them down to the stream and swab them off with a ...
— The Wrong Woman • Charles D. Stewart
... is so frequently done in a negligent manner, by domestics, as this. A full supply of conveniences will do much toward the remedy of this evil. A swab, made of strips of linen tied to a stick, is useful to wash nice dishes, especially small, deep articles. Two or three towels, and three dish-cloths should be used. Two large tin tubs, painted on the outside, ...
— The American Woman's Home • Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
... to think, tipped up his kettle, and turned out some of the water; and the man, who had been watching his every movement, sprang toward him and threw down the swab, exclaiming, "I've caught you, my hearty; now you may log this ...
— Frank on a Gun-Boat • Harry Castlemon
... on because we did not want to be impressed by the first ship that came in, but preferred to wait a bit till we saw one to suit us. I see, sir, that you have shipped a swab. That means, of course, that you have got a lieutenancy. I congratulate you indeed, sir, ...
— By Conduct and Courage • G. A. Henty
... all right, Cap'n Dott. Don't you worry about Zuby and me. We'll boss this end of the craft; you 'tend to the rest of it. Say, that Hungerford swab ain't come back, ...
— Cap'n Dan's Daughter • Joseph C. Lincoln
... big auto—they're over at 'Pop' Swab's soda emporium, filling up on ginger ale, and poking fun at ...
— Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck • Allen Chapman
... for 30 minutes, then pour out the solution, remove the hose and breech plug, and swab out thoroughly with soda solution to neutralize and remove all trace of ammonia ...
— Manual of Military Training - Second, Revised Edition • James A. Moss
... the crew told their comrades that when the captain sung out "halt," he meant "avast," and that then they should all stop. When we were all in order again, the scarlet-coated young gentleman, with a golden swab on his left shoulder, gave a second time the word of command, "march;" by which word we all understood he meant, "to heave a head," when we got into the like confusion again, when he cried out in a swearing passion, "halt," on which some stopped short, and some walked on, when ...
— A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. • Benjamin Waterhouse |
