The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word DISHWASHER
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More clues leading to the result DISHWASHER
- Kitchen device to ruin plumbing fitment
- Beautiful person a shrew mistreated, one found in the kitchen?
- That’s the attractive girl I saw! Is it the scullery-maid?
- Beauty and Woman were synonymous with “domestic appliance”
- Good-looking woman has been identified as cleaner
- Ruin simple mechanical part in kitchen appliance
- Attractive person used to be that lady’s kitchen worker
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The straight part
We know that "Kitchen device" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case kitchen device = dishwasher.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DISHWASHER mean?
DISHWASHER noun- A machine for washing dishes.
- Someone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.
- A European bird, the wagtail.
- A bird, the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta).