washtub
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of washtub
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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
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
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
There seemed to be no hour of daylight when she was not marching to and fro between the washtub and the line, alternately gagging herself with clothes pegs and breaking forth into lusty song.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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