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definition of hot washing
noun
the use of a hose to clean areas such as doorways that are used by homeless people to sleep in
This report is wrong when it states that Westminster has adopted hot washing as a strategy to make certain areas inhospitable for people sleeping rough.
Submitted on 14/10/2009 20:25:00
Definition of hot washing from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online
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