"Mop up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mop up this smear on the floor," suggested Tom, bringing hot water, "and then we'll ...
— Boy Scouts in Southern Waters • G. Harvey Ralphson
... proceeded to mop up, as best I could, and then endeavoured to find a dry place to sleep in. This, however, was no easy task, for my own bed was drenched, and every other berth occupied. The deck, too, was ankle-deep in water, as I found when I tried to get across to the deck-house ...
— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey
... sobs Peni said that 'I was very unjust indeed.' 'Indeed, indeed, dear mama, you are unjust! Ferdinando does everything for you, and I do nothing, except tease you, and even' (sobbing) 'I am sometimes a very naughty boy.' I had to mop up his tears with my pocket-handkerchief, and excuse myself as well as I could from the moral imputation of ...
— The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II • Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
