| Swindled |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2026 |
| Sprayed (down) |
New York Times Midi |
24 Jul 2026 |
| Watered the garden |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jul 2026 |
| Washed (down) |
TV |
14 Dec 2025 |
| ___ down (washed, like a sidewalk) |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2025 |
| Cheated, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Cheated, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Shoed (anag) (5) |
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| Watered with a pipe (5) |
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| Hoed, put the first seeds in and watered (5) |
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| Taken for a ride |
Newsday |
17 May 2025 |
| Soaked some of those denims (5) |
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| Home and ____, successfully finished |
The Telegraph Plusword |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Washed down with a garden implement (5) |
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| Royally ripped off |
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| Sprayed (down) |
Universal |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Cheated, casually |
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| Cleaned off with a spray of water (5) |
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| Rinsed down |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Washed down with a garden tube (5) |
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| Done: home and - |
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| Washed with a garden tube (5) |
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| Sprayed (down) |
Universal |
24 Oct 2024 |
| So he'd arranged to get washed down (5) |
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| Out of luck, slangily |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Washed down the wrong dose at the hospital, initially (5) |
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| Washed (down) |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Cheated, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Beginning to dry after stockings covered in water? |
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| Washed tights beginning to dry? |
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| Sprayed (down) |
New York Times Mini |
24 May 2024 |
| Pulled a swindle on |
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| Those dogs were admittedly soaked (5) |
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| Watered the garden, wearing stockings (5) |
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| Watered by tube |
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| Swindled |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Taken, unfortunately |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Scammed |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Watered (a lawn, etc.) |
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| Watered with tube |
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| ___ down (washed off, as a deck) |
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| Fed tender from water tank or cleaned in workshop (5) |
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| Out of luck, informally |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2023 |
| ___ off (sprayed down) |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2023 |
| Out of luck, slangily |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Out of luck, in slang |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Cheated, in slang |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2023 |
| Sprayed with water, as a firefighter would |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Out of luck, informally |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2022 |
| Hoodwinked |
Premier Sunday |
01 May 2022 |
| Watered and weeded around close to beds |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Sprayed, with "down" |
Premier Sunday |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Prophet almost died, drenched in water |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Prophet almost died, drenched in water |
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| Cheated, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Sprayed (down) |
Universal |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Washed (down) |
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| Washed (down) |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Cheated, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Swindled |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Taken for a ride |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Tricked |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Tricked |
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| Washed down edges of spade in brickie's trough |
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| Rinsed (off) |
Universal |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Defrauded |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Defrauded |
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| Rinsed (off) |
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| Tricked |
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| Swindled |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2018 |
| Watered the garden in tights? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Sep 2018 |
| Sprayed, with 'down' |
Premier Sunday |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Scammed |
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| Swindled |
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| Totally cheated |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2017 |
| Sprayed (down) |
Premier Sunday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Took to the cleaners, so to speak |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2017 |
| Soaked |
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| Did a firefighter's job |
Universal |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Swindled, slangily |
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| Swindled, slangily |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Sprayed with water |
Universal |
03 Jul 2017 |
| Some of those days for wearing tights? |
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| Pulled a swindle on, slangily |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Cheated, slangily |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Feb 2017 |
| Watered down, in a way |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Flimflammed, as a fireman? |
Universal |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Totally cheated |
|
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| Sprayed with water |
|
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| Swindled, slangily |
|
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| Took to the cleaners, so to speak |
|
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| Pulled a swindle on, slangily |
|
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| Flimflammed, as a fireman? |
|
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| Did a firefighter's job |
|
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| Rinsed, as a driveway |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Sprayed clean, with "off" |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Bamboozled |
Universal |
11 Nov 2016 |
| Out of luck, in slang |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2016 |
| In socks that are rinsed? |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Oct 2016 |
| In socks that are rinsed? |
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| Cheated, slangily |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Swindled (Sl.) |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2016 |
| Washed outdoors, perhaps |
Universal |
03 May 2016 |
| Drenched, as a fireman would |
|
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| Swindled, slangily |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2016 |
| Bamboozled |
|
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| Cheated, slangily |
|
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| Sprayed from a hydrant |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Doused, firefighter-style |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2015 |
| Watered, as a sidewalk |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Fleeced |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Drenched with water so he'd have to change |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Washed and accommodated, having abandoned university |
|
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| ___ down (watered) |
Universal |
16 Feb 2015 |
| ___ down (watered) |
|
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| Sprayed from a hydrant |
|
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| Fleeced |
|
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| Swindled, slangily |
|
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| Tricked, slangily |
|
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| Doused, firefighter-style |
|
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| Watered, as a sidewalk |
|
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| Taken to the cleaners |
|
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| Fleeced |
|
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| Cheated, slangily |
|
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| Took for a ride |
|
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| Bamboozled |
|
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| Cheated, in slang |
|
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| Washed (down), as a sidewalk |
|
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| Rinsed the soap from, as a car |
|
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| Snookered |
|
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| Doused, firefighter-style |
|
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| Scammed |
|
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| Scammed |
|
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| Sprayed like a firefighter |
|
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| Flimflammed |
|
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| Sprayed, as a sidewalk |
|
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| Flimflammed |
|
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| Washed (down) |
|
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| Soaked |
|
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| Flimflammed |
|
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| Washed outdoors, perhaps |
|
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| Scammed |
|
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| Swindled |
|
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| Swindled |
|
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| Rinsed, with "off" |
|
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| Cheated, slangily |
|
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| Flimflammed |
|
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| Cheated, slangily |
|
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| Cleaned with water, as a sidewalk |
|
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| Bamboozled |
|
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| Soaked |
|
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| Scammed |
|
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| Watered, as the lawn |
|
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| Soaked |
|
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| Scammed |
|
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| Fleeced |
|
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| Swindled, slangily |
|
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| Cleaned, as a driveway |
|
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| Rinsed, as a driveway |
|
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| Rinsed, as a driveway |
|
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| Sprayed, as a sidewalk |
|
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| Completely destroyed, in hacker slang |
|
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| Battled, as a blaze |
|
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| Sprayed, as a sidewalk |
|
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| Taken in |
|
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| Cheated, slangily |
|
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| Snookered |
|
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| Watered, as a garden |
|
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| Hornswoggled |
|
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| Cheated, in slang |
|
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| Sprayed, as a sidewalk |
|
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| Tricked, slangily |
|
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| Washed (down), as a sidewalk |
|
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| Watered, as a garden |
|
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| Scammed, slangily |
|
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| Off or down preceder |
|
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| Watered, as a garden |
|
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| Drenched |
|
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| Drenched |
|
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| Cheated, slangily |
|
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| Bamboozled |
|
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| Cheated, in slang |
|
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| Soaked, with 'down' |
|
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| Taken out |
|
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| Bamboozled |
|
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| Washed down |
|
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| Taken advantage of |
|
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| Cheated |
|
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| Sprayed, with "down" |
|
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| Corrupted, as computer data |
|
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| Did a fireman's job |
|
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| Tricked, slangily |
|
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| Bamboozled |
|
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| Watered the lawn |
|
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| ____ down (watered) |
|
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| Deceived |
|
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| Scammed |
|
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| Out of luck, in slang |
|
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| Tended the garden |
|
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| Sprinkled |
|
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| Watered |
|
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| Did a fireman's job |
|
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| Battled a blaze, perhaps |
|
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| Snookered |
|
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| Drenched |
|
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| Out of luck, slangily |
|
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| Doused, firefighter-style |
|
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| Fought fires |
|
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| Flimflammed |
|
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| Watered (down) |
|
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| Cheated |
|
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| Watered the plants |
|
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| Snubbed, in slang |
|
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| Watered |
|
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| Watered the lawn |
|
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| Sprayed, in a way |
|
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| Watered (the lawn) |
|
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| Cheated, so to speak |
|
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| Did a gardener's job |
|
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| Sprayed |
|
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| Watered down |
|
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| Drenched the lawn |
|
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| Watered, in a way |
|
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| Worked on the deck |
|
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| Fought a fire |
|
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| Did a lawn chore |
|
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| Watered the lawn |
|
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| Sprinkled the lawn |
|
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| Watered |
|
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| Sprayed |
|
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| Doused |
|
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| Wet down |
|
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| Watered. |
|
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| Having nylons. |
|
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| Washed (down). |
|
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| Tended the lawn. |
|
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| Washed down. |
|
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| Did a job in the garden. |
|
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| Drenched, as the lawn. |
|
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| Used the sprinkler. |
|
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| Sprinkled |
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