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Washboard   /wˈɑʃbˌɔrd/   Listen
Washboard

noun
1.
Device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on.
2.
Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side.  Synonym: splashboard.





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"Washboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... that grew on the farm. Those pioneer shirts, how vividly I remember them! They dated from the stump, and bits of the stump in the shape of "shives" were inwoven in their texture and made the wearer of them an unwilling penitent for weeks, or until use and the washboard had subdued them. Peas in your shoes are no worse than "shives" on your shirt. But those tow shirts stood by you. If you lost your hold in climbing a tree and caught on a limb your shirt or your linen trousers would hold you. The stuff from which they were made had a history behind it—pulled ...
— My Boyhood • John Burroughs
... cockpit into the river. Witnesses of the accident who were familiar with wooden shells declared that the boat was ruined; but, after a careful examination, only the bow-tip was found to be twisted in a spiral form, and the washboard broken at the point by the oarsman as he passed between the sides. Two dollars covered the cost of repair. Had it been a wooden shell the shock would have crushed its stem and splintered the skin from the ...
— Voyage of The Paper Canoe • N. H. Bishop
... durability; close, small stitches, all raw edges carefully turned and stitched securely. Seams that are to come close to the body should lie perfectly flat. A round seam would wear out sooner by coming into frequent contact with the washboard and iron, besides irritating the skin. In dressmaking, unless the stitching is used for ornamental purposes, it should never ...
— Textiles and Clothing • Kate Heintz Watson
... reassure the company, shouts wildly at the wrong places: "'At's so, boys!" "Hoorah for you!" "Ay! capital, gen'l'men, capital!" And his partner, conscious that something has happened, laughs to her waist, and leans forward, quite overcome, as if she beheld something mirthful over her washboard. ...
— Bohemian Days - Three American Tales • Geo. Alfred Townsend


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