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‘(as) dull as ditchwater’ | ‘(as) dull as dishwater’: meaning and origin – word histories
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very boring or unexciting—‘(as) dull as ditchwater’ (1770)—the later phrase ‘(as) dull as dishwater’ (1832) is probably due to mispronunciation of ‘ditchwater’ in the original phrase…
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