dirty wash

We havnt used the Sibly stove for a week exceptin to keep our dirty wash in.

They come round and get our dirty wash every day or two and the only wild thing is me when they bring it back.

The worst of that whitewash was that it was not white, only a dirty wash that covered the ceiling and face of the wall, great blank patches of which used to be mentally studied by the schoolboys as maps of unknown regions, for the moisture that streamed down from the roof soon marked black rivers, while dark boundary lines seemed to be traced by cracks and mould of strange continents, islands, and seas, upon which in summer-time bluebottle flies and spiders made islands or cruising barks.

A dilapidated bureau or dresser occupies one corner; a rickety wash-stand equipped with dirty wash bowl and pitcher stands in another.

Because water is expensive, $7 per 1,000 gal, residents sprinkle their lawns with dirty wash water.