washtub

Noun

Meaning

A tub in which clothes are washed.

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We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can. Ethel Waters

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it. Jimmy Dean

A folk music revival in the U.S. in the early 1960s re-ignited interest in the washtub bass and jug band music. Source: Internet

Dan Fontaine adds sparkle with his banjo playing, and Bruce Avery will provide harmonies and show off his signature washtub stand-up bass. Source: Internet

One of his washtub basses is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Source: Internet

The washtub bass was used in jug bands that were popular in some African American communities in the early 1900s. Source: Internet

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