spit bath

plural spit baths

1. A quick wash of oneself, usually with a wet cloth, when there is very little time and/or water.

   Two wet naps make for a pretty decent spit bath.

   2016, Creek Stewart, Survival Hacks: Over 200 Ways to Use Everyday Items for Wilderness Survival, →ISBN

   3 more examples

   Try giving an old fashioned, spit bath. Don't use spit, of course. Use a warm, damp wash cloth and go after the most offending spots of dirt.

   1996, Lois Bristow, Will I be next?

   She made a fairly pariseworthy attempt at a spit bath, found a comb and wetted down her hair, carefully avoiding the lump that had somehow missed being shaved, and came out looking for her clothes.

   2003, Dana Stabenow, A Grave Denied, →ISBN, page 295

   Matt ordered two pitchers of water to give himself a spit bath.

   2007, Jon R. Bauman, Santa Fe Passage, →ISBN