face washer

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Noun

face washer (plural face washers)

1. (Australia) A washcloth.
   • 2010, Anna Campen, War, Love and Laughter, →ISBN, page 44:

     She then proceeded to wash under her arms and around her neck and face with a face washer.

   • 2011, Peter Baines, Hands Across the Water, →ISBN:

     I found a handbag on the main bed and a second bloodstained face washer on the slow combustion stove in the lounge room.

   • 2012, Jacqueline Harvey, Code Name: Rescue, →ISBN:

     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, Rubi Red, Turn Left at the Ocean, →ISBN, page 106:

     Drying your entire body with a face washer does not work.

2. Any device for washing a face.
   • 1964, Mechanical World and Engineering Record - Volume 144, page 384:

     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.

   • 1980, Canadian Committee on Forest Fire Control, Reports Tabled at Annual Meeting, page 30:

     The face washer is tapered to provide a uniform flow surface between the backup washer and the face washer.

   • 2014, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Have a Nice Guilt Trip, →ISBN, page 72:

     Also I read that the electronic face washer exfoliates your skin, and as all women know, exfoliates is the magic word.