Usually means: Inexperienced sailors, often doing cleaning.
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  2. swabbies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. swabbies: Wiktionary
  4. swabbies: Dictionary.com
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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of swabby [(informal) A sailor.]
▸ Also see swabbie


Opposite:
officers, commanders, captains

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Opposite:
officers, commanders, captains




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