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ˈwash-tub
[f. wash v. Cf. Du. waschtobbe.]
1. A tub in which clothes are washed: = washing-tub.
1602Inv. in Collect. Archæol. (1863) II. 111 Fowre boordes, cover of the vate, and a washtubb .xijd. 1753Scots Mag. Sept. 469/1 Indicted for drowning in a wash-tub..her son. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxxvii, Glancing distractedly at a couple of old women at the wash-tub.
2. Comb. wash-tub (bass), a wash-tub converted into a musical instrument like a double-bass by stretching a string across it.
1968Blues Unlimited Nov. 8 We recorded Dewey Corley, who..plays kazoo and washtub bass. 1970Western Folklore XXIX. 229 Two kinds of plucked one-stringed instruments are known to Negroes in America today. One is the familiar one-stringed bass, sometimes called a ‘washtub bass’ or ‘gutbucket’ from the materials of its construction. 1972Time 17 Apr. 39/3 He played a washtub in a group named the Five Hip Cats. |