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Clothesbrush   Listen
noun
clothesbrush  n.  A brush used for cleaning clothing.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Clothesbrush" Quotes from Famous Books



... he was near his commission, a great deal of bullying was going on, and in order to repress it a number of the last comers were questioned, when one of them said that Charlie Gordon had on one occasion hit him on the head with a clothesbrush. The lad admitted it was not a severe blow; nevertheless Charlie Gordon was for this slight offence put back six months for his commission, which turned out well in the end, since it secured for him a second lieutenancy in the Royal Engineers in place of the Royal Artillery." This alteration ...
— The Life of Gordon, Volume I • Demetrius Charles Boulger



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