Dictionary - Definition of DISHCLOUT


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A dishcloth.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Dishclout" is a common misspelling or typo for: Dishcloth, Dish clout.

Date "Dishclout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISHCLOUT

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	DISHCLOUT. A dirty, greasy woman. He has made a napkin of his dishclout; a saying of one who has married his cook maid. To pin a dishclout to a man's tail; a punishment often threatened by the female servants in a kitchen, to a man who pries too minutely. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A dishcloth.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "DISHCLOUT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	DISHCLOUT. A dirty, greasy woman. He has made a napkin of his dishclout; a saying of one who has married his cook maid. To pin a dishclout to a man's tail; a punishment often threatened by the female servants in a kitchen, to a man who pries too minutely. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top