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Sponge off   /spəndʒ ɔf/   Listen
Sponge off

verb
1.
Clean with a sponge, by rubbing.  Synonym: sponge down.





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"Sponge off" Quotes from Famous Books



... was an india-rubber one, Sir; they sponge off quite clean, and save the laundry bill, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 • Various
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... night. Cooler breeze, Bud some better & slept. Sway has badly swollen neck. May be rattler bite or perhaps bee. Bud wanted cigarettes but smoked last the day before he took sick. Gave him more liver pills & sponge off with water every hour. Best can do under circumstances. Have ...
— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower
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... take a job when it was offered to him and who would go to jail yet. Hermann Von Schmidt, Marian's husband, had likewise been interviewed. He had called Martin the black sheep of the family and repudiated him. "He tried to sponge off of me, but I put a stop to that good and quick," Von Schmidt had said to the reporter. "He knows better than to come bumming around here. A man who won't work is no good, take ...
— Martin Eden • Jack London
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... good water out in the cistern," the old lady said, when they came back. "I've put the towels handy in the shed. It may be you'll sleep sounder if you have a nice sponge off." ...
— Three Young Knights • Annie Hamilton Donnell
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Words linked to "Sponge off" :   sponge down, rub


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