Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb to wash by hand, launder by hand; -- contrasted to
machine-wash .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
liquid soap forwashing thehands .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine
- verb wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine
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Examples
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Another doctor, Rajesh Patil, said police had brought Ajmal to Nair hospital when he was on duty for a "handwash" test.
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If you don't have a dishwasher, handwash the dishes if you have enough time, or hide them.
Stephanie O'Dea: Company Clean In 30 Minutes (Or Less!) Stephanie O'Dea 2011
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End of the day, her trusting me to nurse her baby was very probably no more risky than giving the baby tap water, or borrowing formula, or accepting food served by a handwash-sloppy server.
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Its products – including that bottle of handwash – are manufactured in a factory in central London, which employs 80 people.
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This is pretty neat, The Laundry Pod, an ecofriendly, oversized, salad-spinner-like device that you use to handwash your small loads.
Handwash Small Loads With The Laundry Pod - The Consumerist 2009
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If you don't have a dishwasher, handwash the dishes if you have enough time, or hide them.
Stephanie O'Dea: Company Clean In 30 Minutes (Or Less!) Stephanie O'Dea 2011
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Duties would include making "tea, tea, tea" and "cleaning up kitchens; emptying dishwashers; checking toilets have handwash, toilet rolls and clean towels; wiping down surfaces, windows, etc".
No such thing as a free lunch? Tell the poor, unpaid intern who cooked it 2011
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If you don't have a dishwasher, handwash the dishes if you have enough time, or hide them.
Stephanie O'Dea: Company Clean In 30 Minutes (Or Less!) Stephanie O'Dea 2011
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If you don't have a dishwasher, handwash the dishes if you have enough time, or hide them.
Stephanie O'Dea: Company Clean In 30 Minutes (Or Less!) Stephanie O'Dea 2011
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This is pretty neat, The Laundry Pod, an ecofriendly, oversized, salad-spinner-like device that you use to handwash your small loads.
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