dishpan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dishpan
Example Sentences
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Eliza Tibbets tended them with care, or no, she just nonchalantly watered them with whatever was left sloshing around in her dishpan.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024
Gingerly hauling Suzanne in a tin dishpan, the fugitives�among them five other women and two small boys�took three hours to squeeze through the 2O-inch shaft to freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Catherine is done preparing a meal and cleaning it up, a recurring activity, the reader is left exhausted and with dishpan hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elizabeth winds up with the philosophical and moral equivalent of dishpan hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
After he was gone, Auntie made an inaudible remark from the stove, where she kept her dishpan to keep the dishwater hot.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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