rough-dry the laundry. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Clothes looked rough-dry, as if they had been pulled out of a bag. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I] Reference
So she had determined to use her bed-linen and underclothing rough-dry. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)] Reference
She insisted on having every piece that moment -- clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
They are put on rough-dry in the morning, and so worn until they are considered dirty enough for another purification. From Wordnik.com. [Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It] Reference
She did not like the plan at all; not that the thought of Lantier living under their roof disturbed her, but she had no idea where she could put the linen as it came in to be washed and again when it was rough-dry. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
No one knew to whom they belonged, no one seemed to care, and it appeared to me impossible to bring any degree of order out of the chaotic mass of wet, half-dry, rough-dry, in some cases mildewed clothing lying everywhere about. From Wordnik.com. [Memories]
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