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eyewash
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable uncountable English) A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes 2 (context uncountable slang English) nonsense; flattery; pretentiousness. 3 (context uncountable slang English) A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: eye-lotion , collyrium ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All that stuff about blood being thicker than water, thought Miss Watson robustly, was a lot of eyewash !
Usage examples of eyewash.
There is an element of eyewash in all this, but it is partly due to the fact that the decline in the trade in consumption goods has robbed the advertisers of much of their power over editorial policy.
So the determination made by the engineers was pure eyewash, moonshine .
Early pioneers used it as an eyewash, and for sore throats, mouth sores.
The Healer concocted soothing eyewashes to rinse her sore eyes and face with whenever they stopped.
Yes, give the devil his due, even though all that about prayers and how the poor ought to be glad because they'll get into heaven, it's just eyewash and nothing at all for Daddy here, it's a darned fine sight when they put on a proper Jesus feast with Christmas tree and what have you.
Is it really necessary for the evening Eyewash News in Kankakee, Illinois, to send a cameraman to cover an airline disaster in California?
Then from her toilet bag she took the bottle of eyewash and little blue eye-bath.