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  • "Yes," I said, but I was thinking of the wash-board ribs over which

    THE CARTER AND THE CARPENTER 2010

  • He said: “Come in,” in a low voice, which he tried to steady; and I stepped over the wash-board, and sat down on a chest, facing him.

    The Ghost Pirates 2007

  • Miles and miles of wash-board roads, and their grip never loosened.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2006

  • Her senses were inundated with unavoidable glimpses of broad, bronzed shoulders, deep hairy chest, wash-board stomach; the faintly musky scent of him; the soft sound of his breathing.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • Her senses were inundated with unavoidable glimpses of broad, bronzed shoulders, deep hairy chest, wash-board stomach; the faintly musky scent of him; the soft sound of his breathing.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • Her senses were inundated with unavoidable glimpses of broad, bronzed shoulders, deep hairy chest, wash-board stomach; the faintly musky scent of him; the soft sound of his breathing.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • Her senses were inundated with unavoidable glimpses of broad, bronzed shoulders, deep hairy chest, wash-board stomach; the faintly musky scent of him; the soft sound of his breathing.

    Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

  • Jim lifted the first tub of trawl to the wash-board.

    Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

  • Clutching the rim of the wash-board, he flung up one leg, caught his toe, and raised himself, dripping.

    Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

  • The wash-board and blacking were two of the father's investments that were losses, so he became very much irritated at mention of them and checked the son.

    Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

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