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Traditional English :: washday
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washda.html - n.
a day on which clothes etc. are washed. |
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Traditional English :: washday
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washda.html - n.
a day on which clothes etc. are washed. |
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English Idioms :: wash and wear
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washda.html - {adj.} Not needing to be ironed. - Refers especially to synthetic and synthetic blend fabrics. * /Dick bought three wash and wear shirts to take on his trip./ * /Sally's dress is made of a wash and wear fabric./ |
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English Idioms :: wash one's dirty linen in public
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washda.html - {v. phr.} To talk about your private quarrels or disgraces where others can hear; make public something embarrassing that should be kept secret. * /Everyone in the school knew that the superintendent and the principal were angry with each other because they aired their dirty linen in public./ * /No one knew that the boys' mother was a drug addict, because the family did not wash its dirty linen in public./ |
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English Idioms :: wash one's dirty linen in public
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washda.html - See: AIR ONE'S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC. |
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English Idioms :: wash one's hands of
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washda.html - {v. phr.} To withdraw from or refuse to be responsible for. * /We washed our hands of politics long ago./ * /The school washed its hands of the students' behavior during spring recess./ |
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