"wet rag" meaning in English

See wet rag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wet rag.wav Forms: wet rags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet rag (plural wet rags)
  1. (slang, usually endearing, derogatory) Synonym of wet blanket Tags: derogatory, endearing, slang, usually Synonyms: wet blanket [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-wet_rag-en-noun-9a5jmT8q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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