Definition of washtub
: a tub for washing or soaking clothes
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Lozman will be back inside the high court Tuesday, five years after winning a legal battle over a floating home — please don't call it a houseboat — that had the justices ruminating about inner tubes, wooden washtubs and plastic dishpans.
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Big Chicken spent half a year being beaten like a washtub by the president* and the other half running out to get the president* a sandwich.
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As soon as a cycle ends, empty the machine to prevent a smell from developing in the washtub, which may then be transferred to your clothes and linens.
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But Dik Browne, in Wilton, worked out of his basement, surrounded by washtubs and laundry hanging on clotheslines—a workspace version of himself.
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But Dik Browne, in Wilton, worked out of his basement, surrounded by washtubs and laundry hanging on clotheslines—a workspace version of himself.
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But Dik Browne, in Wilton, worked out of his basement, surrounded by washtubs and laundry hanging on clotheslines—a workspace version of himself.
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The director, Emma Rice, has always had a way with visual metaphor, and her depiction of a calamitous battle—rendered with washtubs, toy boats, bright lights, and blood-red ribbons—
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First Known Use of washtub
1602
WASHTUB Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of washtub for English Language Learners
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: a tub used especially in the past for washing dirty clothes, towels, sheets, etc.
WASHTUB Defined for Kids
Definition of washtub for Students
: a tub for washing clothes or for soaking them before washing
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