wash it

• “They danced upon the turf, it is true, in fairy-rings, but also, at night, they would unwind the linen from the dead in the churchyards and wash it in this lake.”

  A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago

• “After having cut the naval-cord as above directed, you are to wash it clean with warm water and soap, and wipe it dry.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

• “If you do, I'll dive wa-ay down deep to wash it off.”

  Pet Peeve

• “His clothing left something to be desired, as he still had only the one outfit, but he was able to wash it twice a sixnight in the communal tub.”

  With a Single Spell

• “Setting a plate in a river and letting the current wash it may satisfy cow-punchers.”

  Tish

• “But now it grew, as if the flood that made it surged around my soul, to wash it from its moorings and drift it out on a shoreless ocean.”

  The Bull From The Sea

• “The Cheyennes and Arapahoes envelop the child as soon as it is born in dry horse manure, and do not wash it for several days.”

  Labor Among Primitive Peoples

• “If they assault and spray/mark me from the side or behind, I must run to the lav and wash, wash, wash it off, and then run to the nearest bar and drink, drink, drink away the headache a cure I devised while quite young.”

  Simon & Schuster: Roseanne Archy

• “Take of my electuary with a spoon after supping, and wash it down with a sherbet made of rose conserve; but first sup off mutton and house pigeon plentifully seasoned and hotly spiced.”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “And if a tired Cardassian soldier or Bajoran trustee would rather eat replicated Cardassian neemuk without benefit of kanar to wash it down or the company of luscious dabo girls, then Quark was just as happy not to have those lackluster, boring slugs taking up valuable space in his bar.”

  Simon & Schuster: MILLENNIUM

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