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单词 wash-tub
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wash-tubn.

Brit. /ˈwɒʃtʌb/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌtəb/, /ˈwɑʃˌtəb/
Etymology: < wash v. Compare Dutch waschtobbe.
A tub in which clothes are washed: = washing-tub n. at washing n. Compounds 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in
wash-bowla1529
buck1530
boyne1532
washing-tub1560
wash-tub1602
bucking-tub1615
buck-vat1620
washing-bowl1622
swill1624
possing tub1659
suds-tub1805
bucking-vat1822
bucking-keir1823
peggy tub1823
poss-tub1829
pounding barrel1853
posskit1855
wash-boiler1875
washpot1926
1602 Inv. in Collectanea Archæologica (1863) II. 111 Fowre boordes, cover of the vate, and a washtubb .xijd.
1753 Scots Mag. Sept. 469/1 Indicted for drowning in a wash-tub..her son.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxxvi. 296 Glancing distractedly at a couple of old women at the washtub.

Compounds

wash-tub n. (also wash-tub bass) a wash-tub converted into a musical instrument like a double bass by stretching a string across it.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > double-bass > made from tub
tub-bass1958
wash-tub1968
1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 8 We recorded Dewey Corley, who..plays kazoo and washtub bass.
1970 Western Folklore 29 229 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.
1972 Time 17 Apr. 39/3 He played a washtub in a group named the Five Hip Cats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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