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

A gorilla named John Daniel was raised in an English village as a human boy, had his own bedroom and could do the washing up.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2017

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

“My mother wanted me to help her sweep and do the washing this morning.”

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani