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Definition of Dishrags
1. dishrag [n] - See also: dishrag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishrags
Literary usage of Dishrags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Belle Islers: A Novel by Wallace Goldsmith, Richard Brinsley pseud Newman (1908)
"So after that, nobody disturbed the dishrags till old Twitchell got elected
tax-collector; and he began to talk big and tell how he was going to get every ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1901)
"We used to have a calf that et apples and just chawed up dishrags like nothing,
and if you stay here you'll see lots of funerals — won't he, Sis! ..."
3. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"... and rubbing that have taken place in our textiles, of our flags that looked
like dilapidated dishrags after a few days of exposure to the elements. ..."
4. Strategic Transformation and Naval Power in the 21st Century by Pelham G. Boyer, Robert S. Wood (1998)
"... damp dishrags. This is probably just as well, because admirable though the
principle of economy in prose may be, it is worth asking why we must impose ..."
5. The Sieve: Or, Revelations of the Man Mill, Being the Truth about American by Feri Felix Weiss (1921)
"Those innocent looking linen closets which can be seen in Pullman cars and which
are usually for the purpose of holding towels, dishrags, pillow-cases and ..."
6. University of California Publications in Education by University of California (1868-1952) (1920)
"... under this heading regardless of the varieties of interpretations given to
them : so with horseshoes, birds, dishrags, or any other of the groups given. ..."
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