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Dirty washing-up liquid?
Answer for the clue "Dirty washing-up liquid? ", 9 letters:
dishwater
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Word definitions for dishwater in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The best cooks never submerge an iron skillet in dishwater .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also dish-water , "water where dishes have been washed," late 15c., from dish (n.) + water (n.1). Used figuratively of weak broth, coffee, etc., from 1719.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dishwater \Dish"wa`ter\, n. Water in which dishes have been washed. ``Suds and dishwater.'' --Beau. & Fl.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
Usage examples of dishwater.
Toy Enjine I had not contempyulated that they would so fur forgit what wos doo the dignity of our house as to squirt dishwater on the Incum Tax Collector.
Behind the counter, a pudgy high school babe, dishwater blond hair that has been worked over pretty good with a curling iron, blue metal-flake eyeshadow, an even coat of red makeup covering her broad, gelatinous cheeks, a flimsy sort of choir robe thrown over her T-shirt.
It was enough to stop the flow of memories-but then he had seen her that way before, in Wright Valley, yes, her hair light then too, dishwater blond they called that color, not very generously.
His hair was limp, dishwater blond, and fell lifelessly to his slumping shoulders.
She had changed to dishwater blond, but Juele recognized her as Daline, the red-haired girl from symbology class.
Her hair was a dishwater blond, held back with a wide, tatty-looking headband.
Denham was six feet tall, medium build, clean-shaven, with dishwater blond hair.
The only photos of Hannah were from high school, so it was easy to think of her as a young, thin dishwater blond, head down, not making eye contact even on the yearbook page.
For the sake of my sanity, I hope the rest of our lives are as dull as dishwater.
Laughing with John lessened some of the ache for the sound of Papa's voice, but she was sick unto death of being forced to eat every ghastly, greasy, tasteless meal with the seven other passengers, all strangers and all as dull as dishwater.
He had most of his material now thanks to his interviews with Kramer, but I couldn't tell him those interviews were worthless and that Kramer was only playing the role of a Croesus while the true millionaires, especially the ones from Texas, were dull as dishwater.
The Synthesis group, which had proposed it, was obviously sincere in its desire to unite all the radical elements but, as Hamp whispered to Max Finklestein, sincerity alone was dull as dishwater.
But they seem as dull as dishwater, and completely out of place, in a live action world.
The friendly dishwater blonde got even prettier in Longarm's eyes when she allowed he could have all the coffee he wanted at no extra charge.
There were so many ass-kissing social climbers and opportunists who came to his house to be seen among the right, and wrong, people: self-important, spoiled, selfish, and, worst of all, boring as tepid dishwater.