"Wash down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... out each morning, To scrub our working clothes; To polish guns and bright work, To 'light' along the hose. To wash down decks and ladders, To coil down miles of rope, To carry coal in baskets, To live on air ...
— A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" • Russell Doubleday
... no significance for us at the time, she did not put her car in the barn as she usually does, but left it in the road. The house was closed, and there was no cool and refreshing buttermilk with which to wash down our frugal repast, which we ate on the porch, as Tish did not offer to unlock the house. Frugal repast it was indeed, consisting of lettuce sandwiches made without butter, as Tish considered that both butter and lettuce was an extravagance. There were, ...
— More Tish • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... said Butsey cheerily. "He's rolling—rolling in wealth. We'll go in later for lamps and crockery and all that sort of thing. I thought we might sort of wash down the hot dogs before we go up to the ...
— The Varmint • Owen Johnson
... cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolved and boiling point is reached. Do not stir after it boils. Wash down sides of saucepan with pastry brush dipped in cold water to prevent formation of crystals. Cook until syrup spins a 4 inch thread when dropped from spoon held at least 8 inches above pan. Pour slowly onto 2 egg yolks beaten until ...
— For Luncheon and Supper Guests • Alice Bradley
... oysters, asparagus, venison, wild boar, sea-nettles, fish, fowl, game, and cakes. The Germans to-day eat wild boar, head-cheese, pickles, goose's flesh dried, sausages, cheese, and salads for supper, and wash down with beer. The French, under Louis XIV., began to make the supper their most finished meal. They used gold and silver dishes, crystal cups and goblets, exquisite grapes crowned the ,pergne, and choicest fruits were served in golden dishes. The cooks ...
— Manners and Social Usages • Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood |
