• Wetwork

    Origin

    wet + work

    Full definition of wetwork

    Noun

    wetwork

    (uncountable)
    1. Alternative spelling of wet work
      • 1997, Robert Littell, Walking back the catFrom the very beginning, when he and Dewey had conceived the consortium and the operation that would make wetwork history, he had planned to be present...
      • 2001, Christopher Golden, Rick Hautala, Brain TrustOnce upon a time, Wilcox had been reluctant to take wetwork assignments, national security be damned. But he had been married then.
      • 2004, John Dalmas, The Second ComingSome little task — some wetwork you'd rather hire out than do yourself?
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