Word: mop
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...maid service depends on each man. If neatness is your weakness, rest assured that there will be a place for everything and everything will remain there. If you like to live in a state of cluttered order, the deft mop handlers can whisk every speck of dust away and never disturb one half-full whiskey bottle...
...Mop Up the Deadheads." Judge Kennon promised to cut taxes but maintain adequate services by more efficient operation and by chasing out the cronies of "Longism." His campaigners chanted a song to the tune of Shrimp Boats. Sample line: "Kennon will win; he's gonna mop up the deadheads that are ruining our state...
...guilt complexes.' Inspiration came. 'Children,' she said, 'I've noticed that mess outside the door. We must, of course, keep our school clean. So we will all put our hands over our eyes and whoever was responsible will go out quietly and mop it up. Then he or she can return to the room, and no one will know who did it.' They covered their eyes. The teacher heard tiny footsteps going to the door. It opened and closed. Pause. Opened and closed again. Pitter-patter of little feet back. After a decent interval...
...booklets about blood to keep up morale. While I was at the incoming table a girl at one of the outgoing tables collapsed. A short doctor and a tall intern carted her off, and a grey lady immediately rushed to the precise spot of the disaster with a mop which she wielded vehementaly. Just why she did this I could never find...
...Litter Case!" A youngster with a mop of red hair gritted his teeth as the medics swabbed and cleaned a gash in his left leg; he grinned quickly and muttered...