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dish·rag | \ ˈdish-ˌrag 
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Recent Examples on the Web Kelsey, who was peppy but emphatic, instructed us to push, skip, reach, clap, march, roll our shoulders, shake our booties, twist our torsos like a dishrag, and pay attention to our cores.
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Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Jazzercise Is Immortal," 13 June 2019 The interior and exterior of the machine can be wiped down with a damp dishrag, microfiber cloth or even paper towels.
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Jolie Kerr, SELF, "How to Clean an Instant Pot, Spiralizer, and Other Tricky Kitchen Tools," 24 Apr. 2018 Ditch disposables Instead of single-use items, choose their counterparts that your great-grandparents would have used like cloth napkins, handkerchiefs, dishrags and dishtowels, and real cutlery and flatware.
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Mandy Ferreira, Good Housekeeping, "17 Ways To Produce Less Trash And Save Money—According To Zero Wasters," 12 July 2017
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The first known use of dishrag was in 1839
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