washday
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of washday
Example Sentences
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Tide, the washday miracle, cleanest washes you can get.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019
A few years ago, he even took his red beans and rice show on the road, cooking the classic Monday washday dish in several states essentially from the back of his car.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2014
Another reader reported that Sanford's Xit, an ink eradicator, was also fine for removing banana-leaf stains, a common island washday problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
To brighten, if not lighten, their washday loads, they buy more than $1 billion a year worth of bleaches and bluing agents, starches and softeners, disinfectants and detergents.
From Time Magazine Archive
This made it washday for Elizabeth and the tribe, and presently all the lines were full.
From Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Thomas Fogarty
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