dishrag

[ dish-rag ]

noun

1. a dishcloth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dishrag¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; dish + rag ¹

Example Sentences

Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag.

From New York Times

Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK.

From Los Angeles Times

The Gamecocks had wilted so many good opponents into dishrags.

From Washington Post

But Aleksandr, practically blind to all of this with dishrag ski mask around his head, could only hear the commotion of the waterway.

From New York Times

One of them told him to keep breathing while they dug down toward him through the debris, gray but for the occasional splotch of floral couch or purple dishrag or bag of bread.

From New York Times