do the washing

Example Sentences

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I remember one time, we had that many pots and pans piling up, we had to do the washing up in the bath.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019

It’s almost the same, I cook, do the washing, you know whatever.

From Slate • May 1, 2018

But in the high-altitude training camp in western Kenya where they live like monks, they muck out shared toilets and do the washing up just like everyone else.

From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2016

Jeff Greenfield, a television commentator who was a speechwriter for Mayor Lindsay, put it more bluntly: “When we ask Sir Lancelot to feed horses and do the washing, the armor tends to tarnish.”

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2013

Maybe Mrs. McGarrity would let her do the washing again.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith