new-washedadj.
/ˌnjuːˈwɒʃt/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˈwɔʃt/, /ˈn(j)uˈwɑʃt/ Newly washed.
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1596 G. Markham Poem of Poems vi The double-bearing new washt sheepe, Whose fruitful wombes, plenties wel loaden stalke Hath now intombd in the vnsearched deepe All the poore trophies barrennes did keepe.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 63 Your Priest..that thinks himselfe the purer, or the cleanlier in his office for his new washt Surplesse.
1793 W. Blake Visions Daughters of Albion 6 The new wash'd lamb ting'd with the village smoke, & the bright swan.
1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin iii. 35 Whiter than new-washed fleece.
1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) ii. 21 [Girls with] jewelled barrettes in their new-washed hair.
1988 M. Chabon Myst. Pittsburgh ix. 98 Her face coppery and new-washed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to —— the dog shit out of
- to —— the fuck out of
- to —— the fuck out of a person
- to —— the fuck out of a thing
- to —— the hell out of
- to —— the jesus out of
- to —— the jesus out of a person
- to —— the jesus out of a thing
- to —— the life out of
- to —— the piss out of
- to —— the shit out of
- to —— the shit out of a person
- to —— the shit out of a thing
- to —— the tits off
- to —— the tits off someone
- to —— the tits off something
- to, for, on, behoof of
- to, for, on, formerly into behoof of
- to, for, on, formerly into the behoof of
- to, for, on, formerly till behoof of
- to, for, on, formerly till the behoof of
- to, for, on, the behoof of
- to, in wed
- to, in, on, out of, of sleep