swabful
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]swabful (plural swabfuls)
- As much as a swab holds.
- 1902 June 1, “Spraying”, in Woodland & Roadside, volume 1, number 2, page 3:
- The caterpillars may be trapped in their tents in early morning or late afternoon and extinguished with a swabful of kerosene.
- 1915, Edwin George Lutz, Practical Drawing, page 232:
- Go over the paper which has been laid down on a board or table top, several times with a swabful of the solution.
- 1971, Infection and Immunity - Volume 3, page 412:
- A swabful of each mixture was smeared onto MacConkey Agar plates containing a single appropriate antibiotic and 250 μg of sodium azide per ml.
- 2004, Sam North, The Unnumbered, page 63:
- […] swabfuls of blood and threw them on the floor like he was trying to stem the Niagara Falls.