dishpan

[dish-pan]

noun

a large pan in which dishes, pots, etc., are washed.

Origin of dishpan

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; dish + pan¹

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Examples from the Web for dishpan

Historical Examples of dishpan

If he could give a Scarecrow brains he might be able to find my dishpan.
The Lost Princess of Oz
L. Frank Baum
And is the dishpan still at the castle of Ugu the Shoemaker?
The Lost Princess of Oz
L. Frank Baum
First he took the Great Book of Records and put it in the dishpan.
The Lost Princess of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Then the cook came out and beat a tattoo on the bottom of a dishpan.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories
Various
He does so, and finds that some power is opposing him, holding the dishpan to one place.
The Humbugs of the World
P. T. Barnum

British Dictionary definitions for dishpan

dishpan

noun

mainly US and Canadian a large pan for washing dishes, pots, etc

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Word Origin and History for dishpan

"pan in which dishes are washed," 1872, from dish (n.) + pan (n.). Dishpan hands attested from 1944.