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  • n  the washing of dishes etc after a meal

  • The Carters eat every meal together and share the washing-up chores, do sit-ups before jogging and regularly view the evening news together.
  • She likes dancing, housework (especially washing-up), Errol Flynn, pink, the historical novels of Daphne du Maurier, medium-high heels, jazz (on a constantly playing bedroom .
  • Working conditions were appalling: twelve-hour shifts, seven-day weeks, temperatures of 150, no time out for meals, no washing-up facilities, no compensation for injuries.
News & Articles

  • April, Easter, And Snow
    After a weekend of warm temperatures, sunshine, wearing shorts and sandals, washing-up and taking-out lawn furniture, Monday night’s snow showers and waking-up Tuesday morning to see everything from branches to the lawn frosted with snow told me winter is unwilling to relinquish its grip over the neighborhood.
    April 18, 2014 - Journal & Topics Newspapers
Quotes

  • Rod Stewart in Mirror.co.uk
    I don't know why anyone would want to take coke now,says Rod, almost wistfully. "It was different in my days because it was all so much purer. Now these dealers mix it with salt, washing-up powder, anything they can get their hands on....

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