Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, same as
clean-up , 2. Alsowashing-off (Australia).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK The act of
washing dishes etc;dishwashing - adjective Of, or relating to washing dishes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the washing of dishes etc after a meal
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Examples
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Reader Gillian Blackford chimed in with another useful rubber band trick: make your own rubber bands for storage using old washing-up gloves.
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Multi-tool meal set This outdoor kitchen set by Primus (pictured) combines two deep plates, a salt, pepper and sugar shaker, a cup, a small screwtop container (for oil or washing-up liquid), a folding spork, a storage box with a lid and a cutting board that doubles up as a colander, grater and knife.
Kit corner 2011
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One-pot or roasting tray dinners are a good idea, as you're not heating the stove and several rings at once, and you cut down on washing-up, too.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's climate-friendly recipes Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 2010
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Reader Gillian Blackford chimed in with another useful rubber band trick: make your own rubber bands for storage using old washing-up gloves.
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The flattening of the whole town of Minamisanriku and the washing-up of thousands of bodies on the shores of the Miyagi prefecture are more than anything a human tragedy.
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I survived the sheer terror of descending into the still active Great Sewer under the Forum of Nerva in Rome, wearing a plastic mac, wellies, and Marigold washing-up gloves to fend off Weil's Disease (which is born in rats 'pee and is frequently fatal).
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Designer tea towels for your washing-up pleasure ...
ToDryFor.com The Nag 2009
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A brief exchange with the Guardian's interpreter ascertains that he actually means "sinks", by which he means washing-up jobs, and menial work in general.
For a generation of young Poles, travelling abroad is still often the only option 2011
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Sometimes I was late taking out the bins or would leave the washing-up until morning.
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Edna reflected: "Back in Melbourne, when I was a young housewife, wrist-deep in grey washing-up water and mutton fat and peas, looking out of the kitchen window through chipped venetian blinds at the broken kiddies' toys in the back garden, I never dreamt that one day I would be at this three-star hotel speaking to a really distinguished group of cutting-edge women... and the occasional man."
Cake with Dame Edna 2011
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