dishpan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dishpan
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
One woman had her roof fixed with the $2.50 she received, took her dishpan back to the kitchen at last.
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
Elizabeth winds up with the philosophical and moral equivalent of dishpan hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roberto picked up the dishpan full of soapy water and hurled it over the stove.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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