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   Mop (?), n. [See Mope.] A made-up face; a grimace. “What mops and mowes it makes!”  Beau. & Fl.
   
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   Mop, v. i. To make a wry mouth. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   Mop, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).]
   1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
   
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   2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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   Mop head. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]
   
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   Mop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping.] To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, “to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.”
   
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