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Sweepwasher

Sweep′washˊer

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Noun.
One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.

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sweepwasher

sweepwasher

English

Noun

sweepwasher (plural sweepwashers)

  1. (dated) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where those metals are used.