wetwork

From wet +‎ work.

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?