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dishclout

dishclout noun: a dishcloth.

Noun

dishclout (plural dishclouts)

  1. (obsolete) 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.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Upon the present occasion, he bustled in and out of the kitchen, till Mrs. Dods lost patience, and threatened to pin the dish-clout to his tail; a menace which he pardoned, in consideration, that in all the countries which he had visited, which are sufficiently civilized to boast of cooks, these...1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], chapter XVII, in St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald...

Forms of dishclout

pluraldishclouts

Origin of dishclout

From dish + clout.

Questions about dishclout

What does dishclout mean?
Dishclout means a dishcloth.
What part of speech is dishclout?
Dishclout is a noun.
What is the plural of dishclout?
The plural of dishclout is dishclouts.

Words near dishclout in the dictionary

  1. dishboards
  2. dishcloth
  3. dishcloth gourd
  4. dishcloth gourds
  5. dishcloths
  6. dishclout
  7. dishclouts
  8. dishdash
  9. dishdasha
  10. dishdashas
  11. dishdashes

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