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mop

noun as in tangle of material, often used to

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noun as in thick mass of hair

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verb as in clean by using water and cloth

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Detainees rushed to get trash cans and mops, but in some cells water rose.

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Her forfeit was to straighten her mop of curly hair for the team's evening meal.

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Trying to rob his employer one night with a mop dipped in toxic muck, Winston is shot and thrown into said slop.

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"We are rather tired after a hectic night of frantic mopping," she said.

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As a young girl, it’s so different: “Oh, come into my apartment — I don’t know how to mop. Welcome!”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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