"swabful" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From swab + -ful.",
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      "form": "swabfuls",
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          "ref": "1902 June 1, “Spraying”, in Woodland & Roadside, volume 1, number 2, page 3:",
          "text": "The caterpillars may be trapped in their tents in early morning or late afternoon and extinguished with a swabful of kerosene.",
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          "ref": "1915, Edwin George Lutz, Practical Drawing, page 232:",
          "text": "Go over the paper which has been laid down on a board or table top, several times with a swabful of the solution.",
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          "ref": "1971, Infection and Immunity - Volume 3, page 412:",
          "text": "A swabful of each mixture was smeared onto MacConkey Agar plates containing a single appropriate antibiotic and 250 μg of sodium azide per ml.",
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          "ref": "2004, Sam North, The Unnumbered, page 63:",
          "text": "[…] swabfuls of blood and threw them on the floor like he was trying to stem the Niagara Falls.",
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        "As much as a swab holds."
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  "word": "swabful"
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  "etymology_text": "From swab + -ful.",
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          "ref": "1902 June 1, “Spraying”, in Woodland & Roadside, volume 1, number 2, page 3:",
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          "ref": "1971, Infection and Immunity - Volume 3, page 412:",
          "text": "A swabful of each mixture was smeared onto MacConkey Agar plates containing a single appropriate antibiotic and 250 μg of sodium azide per ml.",
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          "text": "[…] swabfuls of blood and threw them on the floor like he was trying to stem the Niagara Falls.",
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        "As much as a swab holds."
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