- dish|wa|ter
- dish|wa|ter «DIHSH WT uhr, -WOT-», noun.1. water to wash dishes with.2. water in which dishes have been washed: »
Figurative. You don't win campaigns with a diet of dishwater and milk toast (Newsweek).
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