Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rather clean.

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  • adjective somewhat clean

Etymologies

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clean +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • I have also found it easier to say no to many of the off-plan trigger foods on my banned list as well as those borderline "cleanish" foods like my husband's Honey Bunches of Oats cereal since they tend to contain one or the other of these ingredients.

    Caustic Musings 2008

  • I have also found it easier to say no to many of the off-plan trigger foods on my banned list as well as those borderline "cleanish" foods like my husband's Honey Bunches of Oats cereal since they tend to contain one or the other of these ingredients.

    Caustic Musings 2008

  • I have also found it easier to say no to many of the off-plan trigger foods on my banned list as well as those borderline "cleanish" foods like my husband's Honey Bunches of Oats cereal since they tend to contain one or the other of these ingredients.

    Caustic Musings 2008

  • I have also found it easier to say no to many of the off-plan trigger foods on my banned list as well as those borderline "cleanish" foods like my husband's Honey Bunches of Oats cereal since they tend to contain one or the other of these ingredients.

    Caustic Musings 2008

  • I have also found it easier to say no to many of the off-plan trigger foods on my banned list as well as those borderline "cleanish" foods like my husband's Honey Bunches of Oats cereal since they tend to contain one or the other of these ingredients.

    Caustic Musings 2008

  • I have to admit I found myself this week longing that the year was 1936 and that, just by dint of being a lady not the aristocratic kind, but the ordinary sort with cleanish – on a good day – fingernails was enough to make me mistress of the universe.

    Upstairs, Downstairs and servant porn | Kathryn Hughes 2010

  • I've chosen straw since it's easily available and provides a cleanish, dry surface for the any produce that might be growing on or near the ground.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Empty the can on a cleanish piece of ground and step back.

    I must go. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • So the architecture will be overwhelming, the air cleanish, the ethnic dancing harmonious.

    The Show Will Go On 2008

  • I've chosen straw since it's easily available and provides a cleanish, dry surface for the any produce that might be growing on or near the ground.

    Gardening Update: So far, so good..... 2008

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