wetwork

See also: wet work

English

Etymology

wet +‎ work

Noun

wetwork (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of wet work
    • 1997, Robert Littell, Walking back the cat:
      From 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 Trust:
      Once 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 Coming:
      Some little task — some wetwork you'd rather hire out than do yourself?
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