washee

English

Etymology

wash +‎ -ee

Noun

washee (plural washees)

1. One who is washed.
   • 1863, Life and Correspondence of Theod. Parker:

     You are not the washer but the washee.

   • 1946, Intellect, volume 63, page 290:

     The expression, "washed out," became extremely common, and not necessarily in any sense disparaging to the "washee."

   • 1995, Margaret Guenther, Toward Holy Ground, page 43:

     I realized this all too well when as a seminarian I got stuck with the job of recruiting the washees for a Maundy Thursday service. It's much easier to be the one down on the floor with the basin […]