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  • noun The stagnant water that collects in a ditch

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Examples

  • New Hampshire, the so-called "First In The Nation" primary, is dull as ditchwater because of next-door neighbour Mitt Romney's domination there.

    Iowa GOP caucus 2012: Rick Santorum on the rise 2011

  • That includes Oprah, Tyler Perry, Anant Singh and all the brown folk who own or influence studios -- not to mention those who can write a decent script that defies stereotypes and gets beyond dull as ditchwater 'stories' that the industry constantly spews.

    Luso Mnthali: What's Next for Gabby Now That the Oscars Have Come and Gone? 2010

  • A most estimable young woman and as dull as ditchwater, but he thought the world of her.

    Movie Night 2010

  • Then another strange thought hit me: David had said Gabe was “dull as ditchwater”—something we agreed about.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • "It is quintessentially English to look at something dull as ditchwater and find it interesting," said Hamish Thompson, who runs a public-relations firm and was in the audience.

    Boredom Enthusiasts Discover the Pleasures of Understimulation Gautam Naik 2010

  • Then another strange thought hit me: David had said Gabe was “dull as ditchwater”—something we agreed about.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • Then another strange thought hit me: David had said Gabe was “dull as ditchwater”—something we agreed about.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • That includes Oprah, Tyler Perry, Anant Singh and all the brown folk who own or influence studios -- not to mention those who can write a decent script that defies stereotypes and gets beyond dull as ditchwater 'stories' that the industry constantly spews.

    What's Next for Gabby Now That the Oscars Have Come and Gone? Luso Mnthali 2010

  • Then another strange thought hit me: David had said Gabe was “dull as ditchwater”—something we agreed about.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • Those self indulgent dour as ditchwater lefties actually do believe that god is on their side.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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