nonce-wd. [f. WASHABLE: see -ITY.] The quality of being washable.
1886. Times, 6 Sept., 9/4. The commercial traveller who obtains the largest measure of success … is he whose glibness and volubility are best adapted to persuade his customers of the ‘washability’ of some fabric which will not wash.
1895. H. G. Wells, Wheels of Chance, ii. Else they [sc. drapers] could never have the faith they show in the … washability … of the goods they sell you.
