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Sopping up messes, in a way
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sponging
Word definitions for sponging in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sponging \Spon"ging\ (-j[i^]ng), a. & n. from Sponge , v. Sponging house (Eng. Law), a bailiff's or other house in which debtors are put before being taken to jail, or until they compromise with their creditors. At these houses extortionate charges ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sponging may refer to: Begging tool use of sponges by bottlenose dolphins in Australia
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The application of a sponge. vb. (present participle of sponge English)
Usage examples of sponging.
Should there be any fire or dirt pushed down, the sponging will be repeated.
Too much care cannot be used in sponging, as a premature explosion endangers life and limb.
He watched her that night, through a lead-tinged curtain of exhaustion: sponging off the bodies of the sick, holding the hands or heads of the dying.
His men were sponging out, ramming, and levering the guns back into their positions.