mop squeezer
nounEtymology Sense 2 attested from 1949 in the US. Sense 2 possibly a reference to the scepter held by some queens (e.g., the queen of spades in the English deck).
- Servant Maids – who despising their Station […] deserted their Calling, and from Mop-squeezers, were promoted to Whores.c. 1758, Epistle of a Reformed Rake, page 23; quoted in Jonathon Green, “mop n.¹”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, 2024:
- Related terms
- mop-squeezing