dishpan

[ dish-pan ]

noun

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

dishpan

/ ˈdɪʃˌpæn /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dishpan¹

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

Example Sentences

Suppose that the worker were piling the dishes at the right of the dishpan and also trying to drain them at the same side.

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He tossed plate, cup and spoon toward the dishpan, sent knife and fork after them and got out his smoking material.

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He claims that Bud pitched him into that dishpan uh dough with malice aforethought.

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"Sure I do," answered the girl, removing the battered dishpan from the heap of crockery.

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Mary Louise tried to get the dents out of the old dishpan, but succeeded only indifferently.

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