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dishpan

American  
[dish-pan] / ˈdɪʃˌpæn /

noun

  1. a large pan in which dishes, pots, etc., are washed.


dishpan British  
/ ˈdɪʃˌpæn /

noun

  1. a large pan for washing dishes, pots, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dishpan

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; dish + pan 1

Example Sentences

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Eliza Tibbets tended them with care, or no, she just nonchalantly watered them with whatever was left sloshing around in her dishpan.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Gingerly hauling Suzanne in a tin dishpan, the fugitives�among them five other women and two small boys�took three hours to squeeze through the 2O-inch shaft to freedom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sketches themselves at times are rather forced to beat a dishpan to excite humor.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Catherine is done preparing a meal and cleaning it up, a recurring activity, the reader is left exhausted and with dishpan hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

She turned away and went to the sink, plunging her hands into the dishpan and trying to scrub off some of the soil that had lodged beneath her nails.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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