swabber vs tar

swabber

noun
  • An instrument for swabbing. 

  • A baker's implement for cleaning ovens. 

  • An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean. 

  • One who swabs a floor or deck. 

  • Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist. 

tar

noun
  • A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East. 

  • A file produced by such a program. 

  • A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. 

  • A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus. 

  • A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke. 

  • Black tar, a form of heroin. 

  • Coal tar. 

  • A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems. 

verb
  • To besmirch. 

  • To create a tar archive. 

  • To coat with tar. 

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