rinsing
noun
an act or instance of rinsing.
rinsings
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pluralof rinsing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I rinsed our bowls with hot water and dumped the rinsings out the valve-door of the tent.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The teeth were thoroughly brushed, followed by three rinsings of the mouth.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
In the tank was a great fish: as the Rājā washed his mouth this fish used daily to swallow the rinsings of his mouth.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
Underneath the spigot was a big wooden pail, two-thirds full of drippings and rinsings.
From A Trooper Galahad by Charles King
It is flashy and vapid, or is like the rinsings of different liquors at a night-cellar instead of a bottle of fine old port.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
