douche
noun
a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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“Come along, Tony, boy; we shall never wake up till we have douched ourselves with water.”
From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton