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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Washer, ginger on a racehorse's tail
Hello,
while reading a book I came across the following sentence. The context is, that a young lady suddenly falls ill, has fever, is delirious with fever and her mother tries to help her:
"Her mother fetched water and a washer but this served like ginger on a racehorse's tail and the old lady could do nothing but withdraw and wait."
What does it mean washer? Is it a wash basin, or rather a piece of cloth?
What does the phrase "this served like ginger on a racehorse's tail" mean? Is it an idiom or rather a metaphor? What does ginger in this phrase mean? Is it the sweet-smelling root?
Thank you very much for replies.
while reading a book I came across the following sentence. The context is, that a young lady suddenly falls ill, has fever, is delirious with fever and her mother tries to help her:
"Her mother fetched water and a washer but this served like ginger on a racehorse's tail and the old lady could do nothing but withdraw and wait."
What does it mean washer? Is it a wash basin, or rather a piece of cloth?
What does the phrase "this served like ginger on a racehorse's tail" mean? Is it an idiom or rather a metaphor? What does ginger in this phrase mean? Is it the sweet-smelling root?
Thank you very much for replies.
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" Anonymous What does it mean washer? Is it a wash basin, or rather a piece of cloth? The latter.
- " Anonymous What does it mean washer?
- Is it a wash basin, or rather a piece of cloth?
- The latter.
- My experience in the US has been to call it a "wash cloth," but that may be regional - assuming I understand the passage correctly.
- Anonymous What does the phrase "this served like ginger on a racehorse's tail" mean?
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Anonymous"Her mother fetched water and a washer but this served like ginger on a racehorse's tail and the old lady could do nothing but withdraw and wait."
AnonymousWhat does it mean washer? Is it a wash basin, or rather a piece of cloth?The latter. My experience in the US has been to call it a "wash cloth," but that may
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