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- adjective Not
washable ; that cannot bewashed .
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Examples
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A giant unwashable fuzzy E.T. with a finger covered in vagina goo.
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The lobby was a time capsule of scratched and unwashable glass walls, clunky tubular gilt railings, molded plastic seats, and golden frames on the walls that advertised nothing.
Insignificant Others Stephen McCauley 2010
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Laundry increased, because heretofore the materials that people wore were unwashable -- woven woolen goods, felts, and leather.
Archive 2008-03-01 Linda 2008
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Laundry increased, because heretofore the materials that people wore were unwashable -- woven woolen goods, felts, and leather.
More Work for Mother 5 -- 19th Century Pluses and Minuses Linda 2008
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My suspicion is that the modern iteration of the unwashable stain is a hangover from the rise of Nazi Germany.
Witches can be right, giants can be good Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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My suspicion is that the modern iteration of the unwashable stain is a hangover from the rise of Nazi Germany.
Archive 2007-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Every smear in the recent campaign was a skidmark, and all of that unwashable crap (aside from some of the more hysterical Foley-bashing) came from the GOP.
Davis Sweet: The Asshole Factor (Not About O'Reilly, Necessarily) 2008
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This menu must be accompanied by the cheapest, most easily-broken and most unwashable crayons in the bad crayon industry.
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Even my own artistic kids showed outlaw tendencies from time to time (unwashable crayon on formerly clean wall).
Joel Schwartzberg: Paint Misbehaving: Why is There Graffiti in My Suburb?! 2008
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When they've done something far more serious than just smear a tube of lipstick across your carpet or taken their Crayola Washable Marker to the decidedly unwashable cat.
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