dishrag
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dishrag
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From dish + rag.
noun dishrags
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Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).
Similar: dishcloth
- An unclean person; used in similes. You're not going out like that! You look like a dishrag!
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noun piece of cloth
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Talk about this word "dishrag." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dishrag. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dishrag. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dishrag "dishrag." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dishrag.
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@misc{dishrag_2026,
title = {dishrag},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dishrag},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
