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Definition of Drip-dry
1. Adjective. Treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing. "A wash-and-wear shirt"
2. Verb. Dry by hanging up wet.
3. Adjective. Used of fabrics that do not require ironing. "Drip-dry shirts for travel"
Definition of Drip-dry
1. Adjective. made of a fabric that does not wrinkle when hung dripping wet for drying ¹
2. Noun. A cloth item that can be washed and drip-dried. ¹
3. Verb. dry by hanging up wet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drip-dry
Literary usage of Drip-dry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Gas Institute by American Gas Institute (1907)
"Pump every drip dry. Never leave a drip where you have any doubt about this,
without making a written report concerning its condition and then see that this ..."
2. The American Pastry Cook: A Book of Perfected Receipts for Making All Sorts by Jessup Whitehead (1894)
"Pour off the whey and hang up the curd in a napkin to drip dry, and then slightly
press it. That is what is meant by "well-prepared, firm curd," anda number ..."
3. The Cook and Housewife's Manual: Containing the Most Approved Modern by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1828)
"Drip, dry, and truss it. Make a little slit in the neck, and every part where
the blood has gathered, to let it out. A hare makes but a dry roast, ..."
4. From Kitchen to Garret by Virginia Terhune Van de Water (1910)
"Do not wring out the garments, but hang them in the outer air,— unless it is so
cold that they will freeze,-—and allow them to drip dry; while drying, ..."
5. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"... dark to put on my clothes, so I carried them under one arm and felt my way
back to the summer cave and leaned against my mother and waited to drip-dry. ..."
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