mop and glow
v. phr.— «We are mostly haz mat aware only and count on a county team of suckers to do the mop and glow stuff, but the city wants 2 engines at Tech Level asap.» —“Re: 50 Cent a Gallon gas soon” Usenet: alt.firefighters Nov. 20, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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