wet-mop

A form of wet mop — A mop with an absorbent head, used to wipe floors with water or a cleaning solution.

Meanings

nounwet-mop (plural wet-mops)

plural wet-mops

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wet mop
verbwet-mop (third-person singular simple present wet-mops, present participle wet-mopping, simple past and past participle wet-mopped)

present singular third person wet-mops · participle present wet-mopping · participle past wet-mopped · past wet-mopped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wet mop

    Did the District Court err in finding that the University’s heavy cleaners performed heavy cleaning services such as removing heavy rubbish and garbage, cleaning and sanitizing public lavatories and wet-mopping corridors, stairways, elevators and lobbies?

    1976, W. J. Usery, Jr. v. Columbia University, etc., United States. Court of Appeals, page 2
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