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dry wash

noun

  1. clothes, curtains, etc., washed and dried but not yet ironed. Compare wet wash.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry wash1

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

Geronimo raced into the dry wash where the rest awaited him.

Already they were moving back through the rocks to a dry wash that ran through the valley.

Ramona gave a startled cry and pointed an outstretched finger at some riders emerging from a dry wash.

When he returned to the dry wash he saw the tracks where the band had passed the evening before.

When he had examined the bits of rock he mounted his mule and struck out for the mouth of the dry wash.

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