Scrubbing

Examples

• Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There was no one in sight, however, but a char-woman who was scrubbing the stairs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The removal of the caked grease is difficult, and if soap alone is used, the cleaning of the tub requires both patience and hard scrubbing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There is a dreadful amount of forcible scrubbing and arranging and pocketing implied in some socialisms. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Borrowing of Gotonthe cuisinière, a pail of water and a scrubbing-brush, I made this seat clean. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He went on scrubbing, and paid no attention. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The labor can be greatly lessened by moistening the scrubbing cloth with turpentine and applying it to the greasy film, which immediately dissolves and thus can be easily removed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

Typist: Loretta