scrub-down

Standing knee-deep in the ocean, he scoops up the smelly vase, slops it on his arms and across his chest before a vigorous scrub-down, oblivious to the audience now gathering before him: there are the seagulls, beady eyes bulging, and the little crabs looking on, astonished, and even the mussels -- clinging to a nearby rock -- have opened their shells for a look-see.

Jean-Marc 2009

They were cleared after a scrub-down but the ships moved position as a precaution.

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And for suggesting that, in tough economic times, faith might be more important and therapeutic than ever, he scolds the magazine for promoting in other pages “the $4,100 skirt or the $4,995 dress or the $1,250 clutch or the $315 diamond-dust-based body treatment at one spa or the $250 head-to-toe feng shui scrub-down and massage at another.”

LOSING OUR RELIGION S. E. CUPP 2010

A swift, invigorating lather-up with a zingy grapefruit shower gel, followed by an equally invigorating scrub-down with one of those weird oily salt rubs that people keep giving me for Christmas, and I was fresh out of the bathroom less than ten minutes after getting up.

Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

And for suggesting that, in tough economic times, faith might be more important and therapeutic than ever, he scolds the magazine for promoting in other pages “the $4,100 skirt or the $4,995 dress or the $1,250 clutch or the $315 diamond-dust-based body treatment at one spa or the $250 head-to-toe feng shui scrub-down and massage at another.”

LOSING OUR RELIGION S. E. CUPP 2010

A swift, invigorating lather-up with a zingy grapefruit shower gel, followed by an equally invigorating scrub-down with one of those weird oily salt rubs that people keep giving me for Christmas, and I was fresh out of the bathroom less than ten minutes after getting up.

Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

Using the mainsail and the little gutters we strategically built into the dodger, I was able to collect enough water to top the water tanks up, fill a few empty containers, and give myself a lovely freshwater scrub-down.

True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010

Standing knee-deep in the ocean, he scoops up the smelly vase, slops it on his arms and across his chest before a vigorous scrub-down, oblivious to the audience now gathering before him: there are the seagulls, beady eyes bulging, and the little crabs looking on, astonished, and even the mussels--clinging to a nearby rock--have opened their shells for a look-see.

Jean-Marc 2009

This required a scrub-down to remove all the paint, and Myra opted to fill her and Ginny's big tub with bubble bath, sending Margie upstairs to grab her bucket of boats and dinosaurs for water play.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007

I will have you to know, I rinsed off each plant individually and thoroughly, and I gave the skull-rock a similar scrub-down (sans soap).

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