washtub
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of washtub
Example Sentences
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He would hold little Patti above a steaming washtub to help her breathe.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
Old Salt Farm shares step-by-step instructions on how to create a washtub planter perfect for holding an array of pretty flowers or even an herb garden.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
Soon Floyd was setting up a washtub on the Cuney basketball courts for baptisms by Ngwolo’s newly formed Resurrection Houston congregation.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2020
The pan was roughly the size of a No. 2 washtub and, in time, was burnished almost gold by the rendering fat of so many slowly roasting, lovely birds.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2018
Sunday evening Peter couldn’t take his bath, because the washtub was down in the office kitchen, filled with laundry.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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