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dishclout

noun

Etymology

From dish + clout.

  1. derived from *gel-✻ — “to ball up, amass”
  2. inherited from *gelewdos✻
  3. inherited from *klūtaz✻
  4. inherited from *klūt✻
  5. inherited from clūt — “piece of cloth, patch; metal plate”
  6. inherited from clout
  7. compounded as dishclout — “dish + clout”

Definitions

  1. A dishcloth.

    • O, he's a lovely gentleman! / Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam, / Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye / As Paris hath.
    • Then he had bent and kissed her parted lips, gently at first, then passionately, drawing her, dishclout and suds and all, into his strong brown arms.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA