Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete preterits of wash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imperative Washed.
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Examples
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Un wesh wesh qui ecoute de la bouse a fond toute la journee et quand je dis a fond ....
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009
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They were the Tiguex (Tee-wesh), that was the name of their settlement here and “Tee-wesh” is the only pronunciation.
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Par contre on pense rarement qu'un wesh-wesh peut etre gay!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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Easter there, and “humbly and christenly did wesh the feet of 30 poore menne with his noble hands,” he was entertained at a banquet, to which the Mayor contributed “12 grete pykes, 12 grete tenches, and 12 salmons”;
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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The spelling “wesh” agrees with the local pronunciation of the present day.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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"Thee strip thysen stark nak'd to wesh thy flesh i 'that scullery," said the miner, as he rubbed his hair; "nowt b'r a ice-'ouse!"
Sons and Lovers 1913
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"Thee strip thysen stark nak'd to wesh thy flesh i 'that scullery," said the miner, as he rubbed his hair; "nowt b'r a ice-'ouse!"
Sons and Lovers 1907
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He were a fearful big gobslotch, so I reckon t 'helmet will do to wesh aar
More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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Throp would sam up all t 'bits o' fallen wool that he could find, an 'Throp's wife would wesh 'em an' card 'em an 'spin 'em into yarn, an' then shoo'd knit t 'yarn into stockin's an' sell
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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"However, as one of the gentlemen who kindly helped to ruin it said last night, 'Lor, bless yer, it'll wesh!'"
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I Humphry Ward 1885
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