Noun : Allow five minutes for washup.    From Dictionary.com. 

"The legislative endgame of every Parliament is the" washup "- an exercise in speed law-making in which outstanding bills are ...".    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC Blog Network] Reference

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 "washup" - where legislation still waiting to be enacted is rushed through without scrutiny and debate to become law.    From Wordnik.com.  [broadstuff] Reference

The washup was the most serious since the late 1980s, when thousands of beach-going days were lost because of waste washing ashore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home News Tribune - News] Reference

April 7-9 Parliamentary "washup", passing remaining bills.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs]

Those bills not passed can only become law if there is an agreement between the parties, a process called "washup".    From Wordnik.com.  [Socialist Party] Reference

But then the election was called and suddenly there was a need to decide which bills would go through on the "washup", by agreement of the two frontbenches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

But the 'washup' isn't going to be just what you think it is, Mun Bun. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's] Reference

So in the final washup, the boys decided that my fish being worth more than theirs meant I got a lesser share.    From Wordnik.com.  [At My Table] Reference

February 29, 2008 at 12:14 pm wusnt shure if twas teh saem. posted a linkee fur nother sawng. itll washup on shore prolly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Noah called. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Should your substantial reptilian friend desire to return to his natural aquatic habitat, whether permanently or merely for a washup, he will find the river close at hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference

Evening devotions usually occurred on a basis of rotations, some maunts handling kitchen washup or geriatric babysitting while the rest sank into quiet prayer or early nap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Son of a Witch]

Here they washup him, or else knuckle under to him, like a skeery Coster's missus when her old man's on the mawl, and feels round arter her ribs with his bloomin 'high-lows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 14, 1891] Reference

Two other stewardesses came in presently and we fed all the babies, and then Girdle and I managed a sort of a washup and had a snack standing up, and then I went back up to my assigned shelf and surprised myself by falling asleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [Podkayne Of Mars]

There was a general washup, after which the entire party went to table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands] Reference

More details from the surveys are available online at www. washup.org and www. cleaninginstitute.org/news.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public handwashing: More adults than ever (85 percent) observed washing hands in public restrooms] Reference

Mrs. Rossmore invited Mrs. Blake to go upstairs and see the room she would have, while Stott said he would be glad of a washup.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life] Reference

A good example of this 3d chess came in the washup, the negotiation about which bits of its programme the government can get passed into law before this session of parliament ends.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion Forum] Reference

I’d die down over his feet, humbly dumbly, only to washup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finnegans Wake] Reference

"A full bath every night, and a thorough washup before meals-or before you help with the meal, if you're a server or a Cook's helper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take A Thief]

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I enjoy a washup as much as the next man.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Berrybender Narratives] Reference

Election 2010 - the washup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry Thornton Blogs] Reference

The washup of Melbourne's storm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age News Headlines] Reference

Hand washing info: http://www. washup.orgMicrobiology conference: http://www. icaac.org.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel3000.com - Local News] Reference

8: 40 p.m. PORT LAVACA - No oil washup has been reported as of Thursday evening on local beaches, said Robb Muil, senior response officer with the Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Prevention and Response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Advocate stories: News] Reference

L.J. is a washup.    From Wordnik.com.  [MVN] Reference

And there’s no washup afterwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Also, Now That I’m Thinking About It… « Whatever] Reference

Hand washing info: http://www. washup.org.    From Wordnik.com.  [Restroom spies say we're washing hands more often - BostonHerald.com] Reference

"'Ho, mercy, your washup; mercy, Mr. Worrell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adrift in the Ice-Fields] Reference