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Mexican car wash

Mexican car wash noun: the "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.

Noun

Mexican car wash (plural Mexican car washes)

  1. (US, humorous, slang) The "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.
    • […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
      "My car's gonna get a Mexican car wash," said Buddy.1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

Forms of Mexican car wash

pluralMexican car washes

Questions about Mexican car wash

What does Mexican car wash mean?
Mexican car wash means the "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.
What part of speech is Mexican car wash?
Mexican car wash is a noun.
What is the plural of Mexican car wash?
The plural of Mexican car wash is Mexican car washes.

Words near Mexican car wash in the dictionary

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  4. Mexican buttonbush
  5. Mexican campion
  6. Mexican car wash
  7. Mexican car washes
  8. Mexican catchfly
  9. Mexican cedar
  10. Mexican chickadee
  11. Mexican chickadees

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