sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
has been sluicing
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present perfect progressiveof sluice (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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But perhaps he has been sluicing his head in the washstand basin, thinks the Chaplain.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
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