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dish·wash·ing

 (dĭsh′wŏsh′ĭng, -wô′shĭng)
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.dishwashing - the act of washing dishesdishwashing - the act of washing dishes    
washup
lavation, washing, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
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She came pretty close to running the joint and doing all the work from waiting to dishwashing. She cooked most of the time as well.
"'I wanted easy ways, and lovely things, and Romance and all that; but it just seemed I had no luck nohow and was only and expressly born for cooking and dishwashing. There was a wild crowd in Juneau them days, but I looked at the other women, and their way of life didn't excite me.
That was why I had never been satisfied with cooking and dishwashing; that was why I had hankered to run naked in the moonlight.
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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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