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dishrag

American  
[dish-rag] / ˈdɪʃˌræg /

noun

  1. a dishcloth.


Etymology

Origin of dishrag

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; dish + rag 1

Example Sentences

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What, you expected J Lo to turn up in a smock with her hair tied up in a dishrag?

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2020

Bad fans, good fans, Jon Snow fans, Sansa fans, whatever outcome you were hoping for, you probably weren’t expecting this one, the happy ending equivalent of a sort-of-clean dishrag.

From Slate • May 20, 2019

Once rumpled as a dishrag, too weak to stand and helplessly tumbled by waves, he was stranded and alone when he was discovered near death on Olympic National Park’s Rialto Beach in August 2016.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2019

Vicious was a dishrag who soaked up every ambient misery; if there were a disease in the neighborhood, he'd catch it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2015

She stood at the sink, dishrag in hand.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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