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dishwashing

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dish·wash·ing  (dshwshng, -wôshng)
n.
The act or process of washing dishes.
adj.
Of, relating to, or used for washing dishes: a dishwashing liquid.
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Noun1.dishwashingdishwashing - the act of washing dishes            
lavation, washing, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)


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I don't know why; I just wanted to, I guess; and I reckoned I might as well die dishwashing as die their way.
Surely it is moderate to say that the dishwashing for a family of five takes half an hour a day; with ten hours as a day's work, it takes, therefore, half a million able-bodied persons--mostly women to do the dishwashing of the country.
I'll wash them when I come back, but I cannot tie myself down to anything so unromantic as dishwashing at this thrilling moment.
 
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