| 单词 | wash-kettle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswash-kettle wash-kettle n. U.S. a kettle in which water is heated for washing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > kettle for heating washing water wash-kettle1787 1787 Kentucke Gaz. 24 Nov. 2/3 Samuel Blair, Has for sale..a Quantity of excellent..copper and brass wash kettles. 1883 W. Whitman Specimen Days in Specimen Days & Collect 23 They put wash-kettles on the fire for soup, for coffee. 1973 A. Dundes Mother Wit p. xiii The custom of placing an inverted wash kettle in the center of the floor during a prayer meeting so that the sounds of the singing might go into the pot and thereby not disturb the white folks. < as lemmas |
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