wet wash

noun

: laundry returned damp and not ironed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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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