Definition of Sponge off

1. Verb. Clean with a sponge, by rubbing.

Exact synonyms: Sponge Down
Generic synonyms: Rub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge Off

spong
sponge bag
sponge bath
sponge baths
sponge biopsy
sponge cake
sponge cakes
sponge cloth
sponge down
sponge genus
sponge gourd
sponge mop
sponge morel
sponge mushroom
sponge off (current term)
sponge on
sponge out
sponge roll
sponge tent
sponge up
spongecake
spongecakes
sponged
spongefly
spongeless
spongelet
spongelets
spongelike
spongeous

Literary usage of Sponge off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence by Fisher Ames (1854)
"In this extremity, some men have asked, whether the government ought not, without further hesitation, to sponge off their national debt. ..."

2. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence by Seth Amers, Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1854)
"In this extremity, some men have asked, whether the government ought not, without further hesitation, to sponge off their national debt. ..."

3. Works of Fisher Ames by Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1809)
"IN this extremity, some men have asked, whether the government ought not, without further hesitation, to sponge off their national debt. ..."

4. Organic and Functional Nervous Diseases: A Text-book of Neurology by Moses Allen Starr (1913)
"Baths are of much use; either a Turkish bath once a week; or a hot vapor bath followed by a cool sponge off, or a hot bath 106°, made alkaline by the ..."

5. Organic and Functional Nervous Diseases: A Text-book of Neurology by Moses Allen Starr (1913)
"Baths are of much use; either a Turkish bath once a week; or a hot vapor bath followed by a cool sponge off, or a hot bath 106°, made alkaline by the ..."

6. Organic and Functional Nervous Diseases by Moses Allen Starr (1907)
"Baths are of much use; either a Turkish bath once a week; or a hot vapor bath followed by a cool sponge off, or a hot bath 106°, made alkaline by the ..."

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