Usually means: Inexperienced sailor, often doing cleaning.
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  1. swabbie: Merriam-Webster
  2. swabbie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. swabbie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. swabbie: Wiktionary
  5. swabbie: Dictionary.com
  6. swabbie: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Swabbie)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of swabby [(informal) A sailor.]

Similar:
nabbie, naby, squaddy, waddie, wabbler, spuggie, civvie, preppie, Scoby, Briney, more...

Opposite:
officer, captain, commander, admiral

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Similar:
nabbie, naby, squaddy, waddie, wabbler, spuggie, civvie, preppie, Scoby, Briney, more...

Opposite:
officer, captain, commander, admiral



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