10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASHIEST»
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
2 a public building for washing clothes. washier, washiest see under washy
washing o noun 1 the act of cleansing, wetting or coating with liquid. 2 clothes to
be, or which have just been washed. washing line > noun a clothesline. washing
...
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Chambers concise dictionary
2 a public building for washing clothes. washier, washiest see under washy ...
holding a jug and basin for washing one's hands and face. washy / 'wD.fi/ > adj (
washier, washiest) colloq 1 said of a drink: watery or weak, usually excessively
so.
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Works of Charles Dickens
... and leaves all to Mr. Carker, and acts according to Mr. Carker, and has Mr.
Carker always at his elbow, and I do believe that he believes (that washiest of
Perches) that after your pa, the Emperor of India is the child unborn to Mr. Carker.
4
Home truths for home peace, or, 'Nuddle' defeated [by] M.B.H.
... and " scarcely fire enough to boil a pipkin," with a much shorter period, will
overdo the beef; how the wishy-washiest tea is infallibly produced by two
additional spoonfuls, and the coldest coffee ever filtered claims to have been
made with the ...
5
The Amazing Illustrated Word Game Memory Books: Twenty-One ...
1W=23=Gnome (IEAST) 8-Letter Words Alphagrams BAWDIEST ABDEISTW
WACKIEST ACEIKSTW TIDEWAYS ADEISTWY FLATWISE FLA WIEST
AEFILSTW GAWKIEST AEGIKSTW WASHIEST AEHISSTW PAWKIEST
AEIKPSTW ...
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A Vocabulary of English Rhymes: Arranged on a New Plan
518] cat e gorical or a torical quarrier washiest, &c [ortk, p. 517] sorrier warrior? [
OsM, p. 519] rhe toricals docible? [5rlkal, above] quarriers possible warriors? in
docible? sorrily cog noscible [OrfflI, above] horizon?t orison im possible foreigner
...
7
The London Quarterly and Holborn Review
... their shocks too frequently, have come at last to give off an electric result, which
is but the feeblest and washiest echo of the thrilling and startling ones of earlier
da s. Festus was a strong and unmistakeable shock. The Angel World was much
...
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American Pronouncing Dictionary of English Language
[washier — washiest.] Watery, weak. Wasp (wiwsp or wisp), n. A stinging insect
Wasp-isb (wawsplsh or wAsplsh), a. Peevish, irritable. WASP-iSH-
LYfwawsplshHeorwSsp'- lah'lc). ad. Peevishly. Wasp-ish-kess (wawsp'lsVnis or
w6sp1sh*nes), ...
Alexander H. Laidlaw, 1859
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal
... the wordiness is excessive and unpardonable; Marcely a dozen consecutive
pages can be found free from the recurrence of pompous observations and
remarks — a sort of cross between the weakest and washiest moralising of the
pulpit ...
Sydney Smith, Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, 1853
10
Tale of two cities. Hard times [and Reprinted pieces
... and leaves all to Mr. Carker, and acts according to Mr. Carker, and has Mr.
Carker always at his elbow, and I do believe that he believes (that washiest of
Perches) that after your Pa, the Emperor of India is the child unborn to Mr. Carker.
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASHIEST»
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washiest is used in the context of the following news items.
Presidential candidates game needed
He might be wishy-washiest on that issue. Fewer Democrats. The Democratic version of “Who Is Your Presidential Candidate?” would be much simpler to play. «Grand Island Independent, Jul 15»
Palestinian planned city Rawabi gets water link
It's the greenest Palestinian city or the green washiest city, one Green Prophet writer comments. In fact if you look at the images and plans Rawabi actually looks ... «Green Prophet, Mar 15»
Sundance Review: Low-Key And Wistful 'Christmas, Again'
As Noel, his face is expressive and readable, he's eternally patient with even the wishy-washiest customers, and when he breaks out into a smile, it's sincere and ... «Indie Wire, Jan 15»
Jenny Colgan: I want fewer walls and barriers – and to be …
Because I want that wishy-washiest of all liberal things: a world with fewer walls, fewer barriers between peoples, between us all. And so my tiny, mimsy, ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Pretty Little Liars: We Need to Talk About "Free Fall"
Cowards. Spencer gives props to Ezra for being brilliant but, really, it's that her closest friends are wishiest and the washiest. Maybe they're not Rosencrantz and ... «TV.com, Feb 14»
The Apology Tour Starts Here
Then 9/11 happened, blowing out the circuit boards of a whole generation of our wishy-washiest liberals, transforming them into paranoid, frightened babies ... «Planet S, Nov 12»
The London Chronicles, Vol. 6: The Mailbag That Wasn't
... the Howard Kool-Aid in a few months, nobody will remember that Howard disgraced himself with some of the wishy-washiest behavior in recent sports history. «Grantland, Aug 12»
'Big Brother 14': Janelle might be on her way out the door
But Ian doesn't know what he wants, he's the wishy-washiest person ever. Make a decision, dude. Make a play. Stop being such a wuss, fella. He approaches ... «Zap2it.com, Aug 12»
Shutdown Corner - NFL
... better because it includes one of the wishy-washiest players in the history of sports, who, to boot, is involved in a sex scandal with a girl that was made famous ... «Yahoo! Sports, Nov 10»
