wetmop

plural wetmops

1. alternativeAlternative form of wet mop

   He swashes the wetmop around on the tiles.

   2005, Day, Richard Cortez, Something for the journey : stories, Eastern Washington University Press, page 94

   2 more examples

   I walked slowly toward the house, a gray one covered in asbestos shingles. My room was in the back, off the wetmop porch.

   1988, Diana O'Hehir, The bride who ran away, Atheneum, page 133

   The yardmaster set the wetmop to work and it soaked up the spill in a flash, He offered to look at Fletcher's burn while insisting that it was Fletcher's own fault.

   2012, Jeff Siadek, Deep Black, Gorilla Games, page 282

present singular third person wetmops · participle present wetmopping · participle past wetmopped · past wetmopped

1. alternativeAlternative form of wet mop

   Mama was wetmopping the linoleum.

   1986, Lexau, Henry, A Treasury of Catholic digest, Ignatius Press, page 77

   2 more examples

   Most of the company has moved a discreet distance away from the scene, or at least turned polite backs. A stagehand, however, placidly wetmops the stage right around them.

   1973, Reische, Diana L., The Performing arts in America, H.W. Wilson, page 144

   For example, one area which had been wetmopped daily was mopped only as needed after a visual inspection.

   1973, Huse, Edgar F, Behavior in organizations: a systems approach to managing, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, page 459