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n. - The act of cleansing yourself (or another person); The act of cleaning dishes.

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  • Noun : Allow five minutes for washup
  • "The legislative endgame of every Parliament is the" washup "- an exercise in speed law-making in which outstanding bills are ..."
  • In the UK the Digital Economy Bill (#DEBill on Twitterstream) has been rushed through Parliament in the dog days of this Government's term, in a process known as the...
  • The washup was the most serious since the late 1980s, when thousands of beach-going days were lost because of waste washing ashore.
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