rough-dry

A sideboard spread in pressed glass; a chest of drawers piled high with rough-dry family wash; a coal-range, and the smell and sound of simmering.

Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928

It is advisable, too, to put not-to-be-used damask away rough-dry, otherwise it may crack, in the folds.

The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907

No one knew to whom they belonged, no one seemed to care, and it appeared to me impossible to bring any degree of order out of the chaotic mass of wet, half-dry, rough-dry, in some cases mildewed clothing lying everywhere about.

Memories Beers, Fannie A. 1888

So she had determined to use her bed-linen and underclothing rough-dry.

The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Marion Harland 1876

She did not like the plan at all; not that the thought of Lantier living under their roof disturbed her, but she had no idea where she could put the linen as it came in to be washed and again when it was rough-dry.

L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871

She insisted on having every piece that moment -- clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry.

L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871

They are put on rough-dry in the morning, and so worn until they are considered dirty enough for another purification.

Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves Horatio Alger 1865

Clothes looked rough-dry, as if they had been pulled out of a bag.

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I 1856

Come, Barton, smooth off your rough-dry visage, and suck.

The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc. 1852

_impossible_ to bring any degree of order out of the chaotic mass of wet, half-dry, rough-dry, in some cases mildewed clothing lying everywhere about.

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers