Etymology
Origin of dry wash
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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A dry wash at the bottom is studded with old railroad ties, but otherwise looks like a good place to cross.
From Time • Jul. 21, 2017
A can of beans, sitting there in a dry wash!
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2017
Water typically runs off as sheet wash to stream channels called arroyos or a dry wash that may be dry part or most of the year.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
A flash flood roared through a normally arid dry wash under the bridge Sunday afternoon, washing it away and swallowing a pickup truck.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2015
We located our first bunch of hogs at a seep spring at the head of a shallow dry wash that led back toward Birdsong Creek.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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