wish-wash
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wish-wash
(wĭsh′wŏsh′, -wôsh′)n. Informal
1. Speech or writing deemed banal or foolish.
2. A thin watery drink.
[Reduplication of wash.]
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wish-wash
n
1. (Cookery) any thin weak drink
2. rubbishy talk or writing
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wish′-wash`
n.
1. a drink that is thin and weak.
2. foolish talk or writing; claptrap.
[1780–90; extracted from wishy -washy]
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| Noun | 1. | wish-wash - any thin watery drink |
| 2. | wish-wash - nonsensical talk or writing |
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