wash-tubs

I noted wash-tubs, bolts of canvas, many lockers, hams and bacon hanging, a step-ladder that led up through a small hatch to the poop, and, in the floor, another hatch.

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Out of chips and blocks of woods left by the builders he cut little boats, which he and Luce sailed in the wash-tubs by the back door ... with matches for masts, and bits of paper for sails.

Ultima Thule 2003

Kate had taken too many snowmelt baths in galvanized wash-tubs to take a hot shower for granted, and she stood with her face in the stream of water until she felt parboiled.

A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003

Here were no green trees, no leaf-clad vines climbing upon the walls; empty casks, old brooms, and battered wash-tubs littered the back yards, which the sweet fresh grass should have carpeted.

The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

"Oh, dear," said Margaret one morning, as she and Rachel were bending over the wash-tubs, while Susy labored at the heavy churning and the mother and Elizabeth were preparing dinner.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 Various

Dey had long benches for de wash-tubs to set on, a big old oversize washpot, and you mustn't leave out 'bout dat big old battlin 'block whar dey beat de dirt out of de clothes.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

We couldn't keep off it after we left the wash-tubs and was a-havin 'a bit of dinner; but I sticks to it that a promised wife comes first, and then, with a shove, I found myself out of doors, and the key locked behind me!'

The Carved Cupboard Amy le Feuvre

When I see women split wood, unload coal-carts, move wash-tubs, and roll barrels of flour and apples handily down cellar-ways or up into carts, then I shall believe in the sublime theories of the strong-minded sisters; but as long as I see before me my own forlorn little hands, and sit down on the top stair to recover breath, and try in vain to lift the water-pitcher at table, just so long

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various

We do not believe in using silk for ships 'top-sails, or China porcelain for wash-tubs.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various

Stationary wash-tubs of wood are apt to get soaked up with organic matter and filth.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs