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Washing machine   /wˈɑʃɪŋ məʃˈin/   Listen
Washing machine

noun
1.
A home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically.  Synonyms: automatic washer, washer.






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"Washing machine" Quotes from Famous Books



... contained in general, I am satisfied, as good chances for profitable return as most occupations, and with time, and a market not overstocked, would finally have paid well. Once only were we caught with the ignis fatuus of genius, a washing machine—patented, of course—that came to an untimely end ...
— Brook Farm • John Thomas Codman

... owner of the product, and may sell it to whom he pleases, or apply it to any purpose, unless he binds himself by covenants to restrict his rights of making and vending certain articles that may interfere with the special business of some other licensee. (Met. Washing Machine Co. vs. Earl, 2 Fish., 203; 2 ...
— Practical Pointers for Patentees • Franklin Cresee

... God-dammes," and the American women "Las Camisas-Colorados." If there is anything that a Mexican woman despises it is a red petticoat. They are exceedingly dainty in their underclothing,—wear the finest linen they can afford; and spend half their lives over the washing machine. The men of northern Mexico are far inferior to the women ...
— Building a State in Apache Land • Charles D. Poston



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