sweepwasher
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where those metals are used.
Etymology
Compound from English sweep (rowing style in which each rower has only one oar and rows on one side) + English washer.
Origin
English
washer
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asweep English
- backwasher English
- bisweptual English
- bottlewasher English
- carwasher English
- dishwasher English
- downsweep English
- ensweep English
- footsweep English
- glasswasher English
- gullywasher English
- handwasher English
- insweep English
- multisweep English
- outsweep English
- oversweep English
- portsweep English
- powerwasher English
- pressurewasher English
- rewasher English
- sandwasher English
- sweep English
- sweepable English
- sweepage English
- sweepback English
- sweepboat English
- sweepboats English
- sweeper English
- sweepest English
- sweepeth English
- sweeplike English
- sweepstake English
- sweepy English
- tumbler-washer English
- upsweep English
- wash English
- washer English
- washerless English
- washerlike English
- washerman English
- washerwoman English
- sweep Portuguese
- ワッシャー Japanese
- swepen Middle English
- wassher Middle English
- ဝါရှာ Burmese
- 와셔 Korean
- wash
- sweep
- sweepy
- asweep
- washer
- sweeper
- upsweep
- ensweep
- insweep
- sweepeth
- outsweep
- sweepage
- sweepest
- rewasher
- carwasher
- sweepboat
- oversweep
- washerman
- sweepable
- footsweep
- sweeplike
- sweepback
- portsweep
- downsweep
- sweepstake
- handwasher
- dishwasher
- washerlike
- backwasher
- sandwasher
- bisweptual
- washerless
- sweepboats
- multisweep
- powerwasher
- washerwoman
- gullywasher
- glasswasher
- bottlewasher
- tumbler-washer
- pressurewasher