wet wash

But since the government has now permitted the River God to leave the U.K., that excuse can no longer wash.

He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.

Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!

He stood before the glass hung above the wash bench and 369 smoothed his hair.

The farmer told him it was six miles; "but," he added, "you must ride sharp, or you will get a wet jacket before you reach it."

Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.