dishrag

noun

dish·​rag ˈdish-ˌrag How to pronounce dishrag (audio)

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She was loaded up with everything from engine grease to asparagus, dishrags to lightbulbs, noodles to pillowcases. Doug Most august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025 People could buy everything on the train: batteries, flashlights, umbrellas, chocolate, candy, dishrags, dolls, toy cars, the newest electronic gadget. Hazlitt, 6 Aug. 2025 Coogler put down the dishrag and began framing an idea for a story rooted in the centrality of music to the Black experience. Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 The family washed their clothes by hand and used T-shirts as dishrags to save money. Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024 Instead of an airbag, crash investigators found dishrags and newspapers. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024 Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag. Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024 As Pasher was turning to find the sideline official, Fray reacted to his own shove by flopping onto the ground like a wet dishrag. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 8 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dishrag was in 1839

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“Dishrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishrag. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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