dishrag
dishrag · dishrags
Spüllappen
Synonym of dishclothSynonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).
» I dried the sink with a dishrag and now it's dry.
Meaning
2 sensesSynonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).
Spüllappen
(slang)An unclean person; used in similes.
You're not going out like that! You look like a dishrag!
More definitions
- a cloth for washing dishes
Examples
1 sentencesI dried the sink with a dishrag and now it's dry.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
piece of cloth:
Origin
From dish + rag.From dish + rag.
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Forms
plural: dishragsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelateddishpan