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a humble rag harboring more bacteria than your toilet seat, proudly.
means A small piece of cloth used for washing dishes and wiping down kitchen surfaces.
from A plain English compound, exactly what it says on the tin: "dish" plus "cloth." "Dish" comes from Old English "disc" (a plate or platter), itself borrowed from Latin "discus" — the same disc that gave us discs and desks. "Cloth" is from Old English "clāth," a woven fabric of murky pre-history. Stitch the two together and you get the workaday word for the rag that does the dishes — no romance, just function.
- germ count
- holds billions of bacteria per square inch
- toilet rivalry
- often dirtier than the average toilet bowl
- microwave myth
- zapping it kills some germs, not all
- origin
- woven scraps repurposed long before paper towels existed
- replace often
- experts say swap or sanitize daily
for instance
o-cedar cotton dishcloth — best-selling dishcloth brand in us supermarkets since 1970s
swedish dishcloth — cellulose and cotton blend from sweden, reusable alternative invented 1949