Dishclout

Quick meaning: Dishclout is a noun meaning (obsolete) A dishcloth.

Meaning

(obsolete) A dishcloth.

Example Sentences

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.

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 artists, toiling in their fiery element, have a privilege to be testy and impatient.

Word Forms

• dishclouts

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dish cloth, dishcloth, clackdish, disher, dishtowel, dishwiper.

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