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Definition of Mophead
1. a person with shaggy hair [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mophead
Literary usage of Mophead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household Engineering: Scientific Management in the Home by Christine Frederick, American School of Home Economics (1919)
"Again, the angle at which a long-handled tool is used has much influence on the
amount of pressure exerted on the mophead or whatever it may be. ..."
2. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"Dip the string mophead in the detergent wash in ... Squeeze out the mophead in
empty bucket #2. Return to bucket #1 for more detergent solution and continue ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"... two greasy-faced men in canvass jackets, with an oil-can in each of their
right hands and with something like a mophead of dirty cotton hugged under ..."
4. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary) (1861)
"... dirty mophead I and his sense (if he had any,) seemed as stupid as his figure
and his heels, all but in the choice of his partners. ..."
5. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1849)
"... and with something like a mophead of dirty cotton hugged under each of their
left arms, are to be seen running on each side of the rails below in ..."
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