| Branded cotton swab |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2026 |
| Toiletry kit item |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Certain cotton swab |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Swab in a makeup kit |
LA Times Mini |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Cotton swab brand |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Small cleaning tool (hyph.) |
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| Trademark swab |
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| Cotton swab that shouldn't fit so perfectly into an ear if that's not its intended use |
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| Tiny cotton swab |
New York Times Mini |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Swab in a toiletry kit |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Stick in the medicine cabinet (hyph.) |
|
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| Eyeliner perfector |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Stick in a bathroom cabinet |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2025 |
| Swab that you're not actually supposed to put in your ear |
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| Swab brand |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Cotton swab brand |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Ear-cleaning swab (hyph.) |
|
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| Little swab on a stick (hyph.) |
|
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| A Tribe Called Quest rapper who shares his stage name with a cotton swab brand |
|
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| Stick in a makeup kit |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Certain cotton swab |
Universal |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Cotton swab brand |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Swab brand |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Earwax collector |
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| Cotton-swab brand that's become synonymous with ear cleaners: Hyph. |
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| Swab brand |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Stage name of American rapper, record producer and actor Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, who was born Jonathan Davis |
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| Sample collector, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Brand of cotton-tipped swab |
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| Cotton swab brand |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Swab for 27-Across |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Tiny swab |
New York Times Mini |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Big name in swabs |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Cottony cleaner brand |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Canal implement |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Cotton swab |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Cotton swab |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Swab brand |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2023 |
| Cotton swab brand |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2023 |
| Swab for fixing mascara smudges |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2023 |
| One really shouldn't be used to clean your ears, doctors say |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Makeup kit item |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2022 |
| Aid for fixing winged eyeliner |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2022 |
| “NOT a name for just any cotton swabs,” per its website |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Makeup swab |
Universal |
08 Oct 2022 |
| Commonly misused toiletry item, and a clue to six answers in this puzzle |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Cottony swab |
Universal |
17 Nov 2021 |
| Ear cleaner: Hyph. |
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| Sample collector, maybe |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2021 |
| ''Paintbrush'' for mini-modelers |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Medicine cabinet swab |
The Washington Post |
29 Jun 2021 |
| Medicine cabinet swab |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2021 |
| Brand associated with wax |
Newsday |
20 May 2021 |
| Cotton swab |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2021 |
| Ear swab |
Premier Sunday |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Personal hygiene aid |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Personal hygiene aid |
The Washington Post |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Unilever swab |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Unilever swab |
The Washington Post |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Swab brand |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Popular swab |
Universal |
16 Jun 2020 |
| Makeup-removing swab |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Makeup-removing swab |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Cottony applicator |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2020 |
| Makeup kit item |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Makeup kit item |
The Washington Post |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Swab brand |
Premier Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Ill-advised probe into ears |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Makeup-removing swab |
Universal |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Brand in many makeup kits |
Newsday |
17 May 2019 |
| Stick with cotton ends |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2019 |
| Brand in the bathroom |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Apr 2019 |
| Unilever swab |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2019 |
| Swab in a makeup kit |
Premier Sunday |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Makeup-removing swab |
|
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| Brand in the bathroom |
|
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| Unilever swab |
|
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| Stick with cotton ends |
|
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| Brand of swabs |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Popular swab |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2018 |
| Ear-cleaning brand |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Branded cotton swab |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Cotton cleaner |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2018 |
| Cotton cleaner |
The Washington Post |
16 Jun 2018 |
| Cotton swab brand |
Jonesin |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Common applicator |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Common applicator |
The Washington Post |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Popular swab |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Cotton cleaner |
|
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| Branded cotton swab |
|
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| Brand of swabs |
|
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| Popular swab |
|
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| Common applicator |
|
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| Cotton stick brand |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Mascara-repair aid, maybe |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
01 Sep 2017 |
| The Kleenex of cotton swabs |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2017 |
| The Kleenex of cotton swabs |
|
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| Mascara-repair aid, maybe |
|
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| Model painter's implement |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Stick in the medicine cabinet |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Sep 2016 |
| 'The Ultimate Home and Beauty Tool' |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2016 |
| Ear swab |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Concealer applicator, maybe |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Brand that claims to be 'the ultimate beauty tool' |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Ear swab |
|
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| Stick in the medicine cabinet |
|
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| Concealer applicator, maybe |
|
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| Little swab |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2015 |
| What a Brit calls an ''ear bud'' |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2015 |
| Cotton swab brand |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2015 |
| 21 Across product |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Swab brand |
|
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| Cotton swab brand |
|
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| Popular swab |
|
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| What a Brit calls an "ear bud" |
|
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| 21 Across product |
|
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| Unilever swab |
|
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| Swab brand |
|
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| "The Ultimate Beauty Tool" |
|
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| Commercial swab |
|
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| Stick for wax |
|
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| Medicine cabinet swab |
|
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| Cottony ear cleaner |
|
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| Johnson's Safety Swab alternative |
|
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| Cosmetics applicator |
|
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| Swab brand |
|
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| Makeup kit item |
|
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| Hyphenated swab |
|
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| A Tribe Called Quest rapper |
|
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| Stick in a cabinet |
|
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| Common cotton swab |
|
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| Swab brand |
|
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| Ear cleaner |
|
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| Bathroom cabinet item |
|
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| Small cleaner |
|
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| Ear-cleaning brand |
|
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| Makeup smudge remover |
|
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| Swabbed stick |
|
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| Canal cleaner? |
|
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| It's not recommended for ear cleaning |
|
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| Aural cleaner |
|
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| Aural hygiene item |
|
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| Canal-cleaning device |
|
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| Makeup smudge remover |
|
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| Aural cleaner |
|
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| Aural hygiene item |
|
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| Canal-cleaning device |
|
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| Makeup applicator |
|
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| Common makeup applicator |
|
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| Medicine applicator |
|
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| You may stick it in your ear |
|
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| Stick in a medicine cabinet |
|
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| Small cleaning tool |
|
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| You may stick it in your ear |
|
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| Certain swab |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item |
|
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| *Little swab |
|
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| Wax remover |
|
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| Small cleaning tool |
|
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| Ear-cleaning swab |
|
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| Popular swab |
|
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| Stick in a medicine cabinet |
|
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| Stick in a medicine cabinet |
|
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| Common swab |
|
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| Swab brand |
|
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| Swab on a stick |
|
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| Item used in wax attacks |
|
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| Little swab |
|
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| Swab on land |
|
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| Stick it in your ear |
|
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| Stick it in your ear |
|
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| Earful, perhaps |
|
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| Big name in swabs |
|
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| Swab name |
|
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| Wax remover |
|
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| Ear care brand |
|
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| Swab name |
|
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| Swab of a sort |
|
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| Wax remover |
|
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| Unilever swab |
|
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| Stick it in your ear |
|
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| Ear piece? |
|
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| Cosmetics applicator |
|
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| Stick with soft ends |
|
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| Canal cleaner |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item |
|
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| Brits would call it a "cotton bud" |
|
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| A drum stick, of sorts |
|
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| Ear-cleaning thingy |
|
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| Swab |
|
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| Cotton swab |
|
|
| Rapper who was in "She Hate Me" |
|
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| Ear-cleaning swab |
|
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| Stick it in your ear |
|
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| Stick with a little cotton |
|
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| Cotton swab |
|
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| Swab name |
|
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| Stick with a little cotton |
|
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| Stick in the medicine cabinet |
|
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| Small swab |
|
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| Swab |
|
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| Outer ear cleaner |
|
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| Certain swab |
|
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| Cotton-covered cleaner |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item |
|
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| Cotton cleaner |
|
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| Swab for cleaning |
|
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| Swab's name |
|
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| Little wax remover |
|
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| Common cosmetics applicator |
|
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| Double-tipped swab |
|
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| Double-swabbed item |
|
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| Makeup kit item |
|
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| Ear piece? |
|
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| Rapper with the album "Amplified" |
|
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| Cerumen remover |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item, perhaps |
|
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| Popular applicator |
|
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| Little applicator |
|
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| Ear-cleaning thingy |
|
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| Little applicator |
|
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| Ear-cleaning thingy |
|
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| Swab |
|
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| Unilever hygiene product |
|
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| Popular ear cleaner |
|
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| Makeup artist's stick |
|
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| Drum stick? |
|
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| Ear cleaner |
|
|
| Swab name |
|
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| Cosmetics applicator |
|
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| Stick it in your ear |
|
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| Stick with a swab |
|
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| Wax remover |
|
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| Stick with cotton |
|
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| Cottony stick |
|
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| Cosmetics applicator |
|
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| Stick with a swab |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item |
|
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| Stick with a swab |
|
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| Cleansing aid |
|
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| Cerumen digger |
|
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| Double-swabbed item |
|
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| Ear exploration implement |
|
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| Little swab |
|
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| Johnson & Johnson item |
|
|
| Tiny swab |
|
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| Wax attacker |
|
|
| Cotton swab |
|
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| Medicine cabinet item |
|
|
| Stick it in your ear! |
|
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| Cotton swab brand |
|
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| Cotton on a stick |
|
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| Bathroom cabinet item |
|
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| Common swab |
|
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| Ear cleaner |
|
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| Ear spear |
|
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| Infant-care aid |
|
|
| A Tribe Called Quest rapper |
|
|
| Rapper born Jonathan Davis |
|
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| Ear piece? |
|
|
| Wax remover |
|
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| Wax collector |
|
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| Stick with a swab |
|
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