dishpan hands

American  

plural noun

1. hands, especially of one who does housework, that are red and rough, as from washing dishes and exposure to strong cleaning agents.

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Etymology

Origin of dishpan hands

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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

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Hollywood is not full of stars with dishpan hands.

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Elizabeth winds up with the philosophical and moral equivalent of dishpan hands.

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