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face washer en · NOUN

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  1. (Australia) A washcloth.
    • I found a handbag on the main bed and a second bloodstained face washer on the slow combustion stove in the lounge room. 2011, Peter Baines, Hands Across the Water, →ISBN:
    • Drying your entire body with a face washer does not work. 2012, Rubi Red, Turn Left at the Ocean, →ISBN, page 106:
    • I grabbed the towel — which turned out to be about the size of a face washer — and did my best to cover my lower half. 2012, Jacqueline Harvey, Code Name: Rescue, →ISBN:
    • She then proceeded to wash under her arms and around her neck and face with a face washer. 2010, Anna Campen, War, Love and Laughter, →ISBN, page 44:
  2. Any device for washing a face.
    • When the bolt and nut are tightened, the protrusions are flattened, either by contact with the bolt head or the nut face washer, forming a gap by which accurate measurement of bolt tension can be made. 1964, Mechanical World and Engineering Record - Volume 144, page 384:
    • Also I read that the electronic face washer exfoliates your skin, and as all women know, exfoliates is the magic word. 2014, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Have a Nice Guilt Trip, →ISBN, page 72:
    • The face washer is tapered to provide a uniform flow surface between the backup washer and the face washer. 1980, Canadian Committee on Forest Fire Control, Reports Tabled at Annual Meeting, page 30:

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