dishrag

noun

dish·​rag ˈdish-ˌrag How to pronounce dishrag (audio)

Examples of dishrag in a Sentence

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The family washed their clothes by hand and used T-shirts as dishrags to save money. Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024 Instead of an airbag, crash investigators found dishrags and newspapers. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024 Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag. Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024 As Pasher was turning to find the sideline official, Fray reacted to his own shove by flopping onto the ground like a wet dishrag. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 8 June 2023 Being a dishrag extends beyond cooking, of course. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022 Their posture resembled a wet dishrag. J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2021 But Aleksandr, practically blind to all of this with dishrag ski mask around his head, could only hear the commotion of the waterway. Natalia Yermak Nicole Tung, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dishrag was in 1839

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“Dishrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishrag. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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