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rough-dry
[ ruhf-drahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.
adjective
- (of laundered clothes, sheets, etc.) dried but not ironed.
rough-dry
adjective
- (of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing
verb
- tr to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rough-dry1
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Example Sentences
There's the clothes in the basket under the table downstairsyou might begin to iron 'em; they're only rough dry.
They are put on rough-dry in the morning, and so worn until they are considered dirty enough for another purification.
In the nearest cabin to the right some rough dry grass had been stored as if for the bedding of an animal.
So she had determined to use her bed-linen and underclothing rough-dry.
She insisted on having every piece that moment—clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry.
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