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Definition of Dishclouts
1. dishclout [n] - See also: dishclout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishclouts
Literary usage of Dishclouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1906)
"Plumber, a known man, said, the other day, " Zounds, Mr. Pulteney took those old
dishclouts to wipe out the Treasury, and now they are going to ..."
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1876)
"All greasy rags, such as dishclouts, those employed by engineers in the ...
Beer from dishclouts ! a noble ascent doubtless, in the working man's opinion. ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"Mr. Pultney took those old dishclouts to wipe out the Treasury, and now they are
going to lace them and lay them up!" It is a most just idea: to be sure, ..."
4. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"Mr. Pultney took those old dishclouts to wipe out the Treasury, and now they are
going to lace them and lay them up!" It is a most just idea: to be sure, ..."
5. The Works of the Rev. William Bridge by William Bridge (1845)
"The holiness of God, wicked men they are but dishclouts for to make clean the
... These dishclouts shall make clean the saints. Thus God's holiness shall be ..."
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