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do the washing

VERB
launder
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I remember one time, we had that many pots and pans piling up, we had to do the washing up in the bath.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2019

It’s almost the same, I cook, do the washing, you know whatever.

From Slate May 1, 2018

A gorilla named John Daniel was raised in an English village as a human boy, had his own bedroom and could do the washing up.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2017

But in the high-altitude training camp in western Kenya where they live like monks, they muck out shared toilets and do the washing up just like everyone else.

From Washington Times Mar. 29, 2016

“My mother wanted me to help her sweep and do the washing this morning.”

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani




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