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dull as ditchwater

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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

ditch⋅wa⋅ter

[dich-waw-ter, -wot-er]
–noun
1. water, esp. stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
2. dull as ditchwater. dishwater (def. 2).

Origin:
1275–1325; ME. See ditch, water
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