mopboard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mopboard
1850–55, mop 1 + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop
Example Sentences
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There is a corresponding opening in the mopboard in the next room, although no attempt is made to so carefully conceal it, as no one is ever admitted to it.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
Will you—will you go over there in the corner by the door and look behind the mopboard?
From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.
There is a very funny mark on this wall, low down, near the mopboard.
From The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
The chair flew over backwards, Piker's feet made a lovely circle, an' his head tried to insinuate itself into the mopboard.
From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander
Soon, too, she made out the insistent gnawing of a rat behind the mopboard.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
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