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dish⋅wa⋅ter

[dish-waw-ter, -wot-er]
–noun
1. water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
2. dull as dishwater or ditchwater, extremely dull; boring.

Origin:
1475–85; dish + water
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dish·wa·ter   (dĭsh'wô'tər, -wŏt'ər)   
n.  Water in which dishes are to be or have been washed.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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dishwater

see dull as dishwater.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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