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Washboard   Listen
noun
Washboard  n.  
1.
A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
2.
A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
3.
(Naut.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; called also wasteboard.





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"Washboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Washboard" :   protective cover, protection, protective covering, vessel, device


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