washrag
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of washrag
Example Sentences
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“Ask him about Vietnam and he’ll tell you about the time he stole a washrag from the guy in the adjoining cell,” Michael Lewis wrote, in 1997.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2018
“Ask him about Vietnam and he’ll tell you about the time he stole a washrag from the guy in the adjoining cell. Ask him about his first marriage and he’ll leap right to his adultery.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 18, 2018
A second, like an old washrag, hung over a dead branch.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a small drawer near the floor under the sink— the only drawer that hadn’t flown open and scattered its contents all over—he found a washrag.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
She noticed some fingermarks on the door and taking up her washrag she scrubbed them away.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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