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Far from being delicate, the process of hand laundering was taxing, requiring both outside contractors to dry clean and wet wash the clothes and owners to individually starch and then smooth the cotton shirts and beddings with 6-pound irons in air conditioner-less 90-degree weather.
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NBC news, 9 Oct. 2020
But the storm that blanketed Southern California in a gray wet wash on Monday, and the near-freezing temperatures that will follow later this week, are instead a harbinger of humanitarian disaster on city streets.
—Cora Currier, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
This year’s Mardi Gras could have been a wet wash, but the Spirit of Carnival instead cavorted and cajoled in new and marvelous ways.
—al, 19 Feb. 2021
Freezing wet wash clothes in a baggie can help keep them extra cold in the cooler.
—Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2018
Two bowls, one for flour mixture and one for wet wash.
—Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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NBC news, 9 Oct. 2020
But the storm that blanketed Southern California in a gray wet wash on Monday, and the near-freezing temperatures that will follow later this week, are instead a harbinger of humanitarian disaster on city streets.
—Cora Currier, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
This year’s Mardi Gras could have been a wet wash, but the Spirit of Carnival instead cavorted and cajoled in new and marvelous ways.
—al, 19 Feb. 2021
Freezing wet wash clothes in a baggie can help keep them extra cold in the cooler.
—Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2018
Two bowls, one for flour mixture and one for wet wash.
—Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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“Wet wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet%20wash. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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