washtub
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of washtub
Example Sentences
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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
He poured a jug of water over the fire in the washtub grill, and crouched to stare into the embers.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2017
He brought out a washtub in which the flag could be scrubbed in a symbolic cleansing of the nation’s ills.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2016
We came upon an old woman sitting in her garden in a washtub like Diogenes.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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