noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a washing-up bowl (= for washing the dishes in )
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a plastic washing-up bowl
washing-up liquid
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Female speaker My daddy does the washing-up for mummy.
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I decide to do the washing-up before I start putting Mum to bed.
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I hope that's ozone-friendly washing-up liquid they're using.
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On hearing the story Lily had retired to bed with a headache leaving Stella to do the washing-up .
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Sarah finished the washing-up and, taking off her apron, folded it and placed it in one of the table drawers.
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She leaves at nine-thirty, when dinner is finished and the washing-up is done.
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Sweat from the washing-up misted her forehead and nose.
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These Christians served each other, did not fight each other, laughed with one another, and did each other's washing-up !