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washday

[ wosh-dey, wawsh- ]

noun

  1. the day set apart in a household for washing washing clothes:

    Monday is always washday at our house.



washday

/ ˈɒʃˌɪ /

noun

  1. a day on which clothes and linen are washed, often the same day each week
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of washday1

First recorded in 1840–50; wash + day
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Tide, the washday miracle, cleanest washes you can get.

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A few years ago, he even took his red beans and rice show on the road, cooking the classic Monday washday dish in several states essentially from the back of his car.

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During this past season it rained on a dozen washdays in succession.

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The result was a bunch of what Consumer Reports called “washday wash-outs,” which left some clothes “nearly as stained after washing as they were when we put them in.”

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She assures me that on washdays, when the steam condensed on the window-panes, Nicodemus would lick the moisture from the glass in order to see through it more clearly.

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