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- noun informal A
sailor .
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Examples
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Must be a flyboy or girl or a swabby not to know 0311.
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Allies Launch Smear Campaign Against NATO General 2006
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The swabby who had spilled the bucket of dregs on him was clearly retarded.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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How she shrank from the touch of his soft, swabby hand!
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Or maybe you just prefer having violent felons walking the streets? swabby April 7, 2010 - 10: 27 am EDT
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It was a short exam, based on the knowledge that every swabby was supposed to have.
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It was a short exam, based on the knowledge that every swabby was supposed to have.
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It was a short exam, based on the knowledge that every swabby was supposed to have.
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