"dishrag" meaning in All languages combined

See dishrag on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-dishrag.ogg [Australia] Forms: dishrags [plural]
Etymology: dish + rag Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dish|rag}} dish + rag Head templates: {{en-noun}} dishrag (plural dishrags)
  1. A piece of cloth used for washing dishes. Translations (piece of cloth): baieta [feminine] (Catalan), tiskirätti (Finnish), Spüllappen [masculine] (German), łeetsʼaaʼ béljołí (Navajo), disktrasa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dishrag-en-noun-MzVBYclX Disambiguation of 'piece of cloth': 100 0
  2. (slang) An unclean person; used in similes. Tags: slang Translations (unclean person): trashank [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dishrag-en-noun-BvSQh~Vs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'unclean person': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: limber as a dishrag Related terms: dishpan

Inflected forms

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