It's always easier, someone said, to do the wash-up in someone else's house.
It was alleged that some business people and farmers were charging 6 pence for a glass of water, 1 shilling for a wash-up at a farmyard pump and 6 pounds a night for a room in a cottage near Athy.
After a wash-up and a change of clothes, I went outside, and I found Angelina waiting downstairs.
Others should zoom up the escalators to the toilets on the mezzanine level for a less-satisfactory wash-up at the basins.
1.1British informal A person employed to wash dishes in the kitchen of a restaurant or hotel.
〈英，非正式〉（饭店或餐馆厨房的）洗碗工
2informal A debriefing session or follow-up discussion.
〈非正式〉汇报；后续讨论
as modifierthe wash-up reports on the operation
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Discussions during the exercise and at the wash-up led to a number of recommendations.
Definition of wash-up in US English:
wash-up
nounˈwôSHˌəpˈwɔʃˌəp
An act of washing, especially washing oneself or dishes.
（尤指对自己或陶器的）洗涤；洗净
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It was alleged that some business people and farmers were charging 6 pence for a glass of water, 1 shilling for a wash-up at a farmyard pump and 6 pounds a night for a room in a cottage near Athy.
Include your hair and fingernails in the wash-up.
Others should zoom up the escalators to the toilets on the mezzanine level for a less-satisfactory wash-up at the basins.
After a wash-up and a change of clothes, I went outside, and I found Angelina waiting downstairs.
It's always easier, someone said, to do the wash-up in someone else's house.