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rough-dry
[ruhf-drahy]
verb (used with object)
to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.
adjective
(of laundered clothes, sheets, etc.) dried but not ironed.
rough-dry
adjective
(of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing
verb
(tr) to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing
Word History and Origins
Origin of rough-dry1
Example Sentences
Judy gathered up the stiff, rough-dry garments that had been hanging on the heater all night, while Molly found tossed in a corner the mate to the fatal slipper.
So she had determined to use her bed-linen and underclothing rough-dry.
It is advisable, too, to put not-to-be-used damask away rough-dry, otherwise it may crack, in the folds.
A sideboard spread in pressed glass; a chest of drawers piled high with rough-dry family wash; a coal-range, and the smell and sound of simmering.
She insisted on having every piece that moment—clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry.
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