wet wash

American  

noun

1. laundry that has been washed but not dried or ironed.

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Etymology

Origin of wet wash

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

All night long they jammed the stands while the rain made wet wash of the bunting above them, waiting for cold dawn to break and the clatter of horses to come down the street.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without telling anyone where they were going, John Thompson and his family took a load of wet wash off the line, packed the rest of their belongings and left New Orleans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leslie Hore-Belisha, freed of the self-abasement expected of an Under-Secretary, has proved to be the sort of politician who could make screaming daily headlines running a wet wash laundry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only Bette Davis, by sincere overacting, gets this piece going at all; the rest of the cast is about as interesting as wet wash.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "wet wash," the "flat work" laundry, and the complete service laundry were all only a little worse than the attempts of the hired help to wash clothes properly.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher