ditchwater

[ dich-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

noun

water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.

Idioms about ditchwater

dull as ditchwater. dishwater (def. 2).

Origin of ditchwater

1275–1325; Middle English. See ditch, water

Words Nearby ditchwater

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How to use ditchwater in a sentence

Mrs. Bodfish and Mrs. ditchwater are talking in confidential undertones on a settee.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 | Various
We have been walking for ten days now without an adventure—except Barnes's discovery that ditchwater smells longest.
Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection) | W.W. Jacobs
Life would be as ditchwater were it not stirred to its depths by K.'s secret cable.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian Hamilton
He looks as though hes so nice hell be as dull as ditchwater.
Famous Flyers | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Ugh—what the devil would you do in those damnable sickly gutters—floundering about in the brackish ditchwater?
When We Dead Awaken | Henrik Ibsen

British Dictionary definitions for ditchwater

ditchwater

/ (ˈdɪtʃˌwɔːtə) /

noun

stagnant water
as dull as ditchwater or ditchwater extremely uninspiring

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