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wish-wash

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wish-wash/ˈwɪʃwɒʃ/

▶noun informal

1 a weak drink.

2 insipid or sentimental talk or writing.

– origin C18: reduplication of wash.

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