| 单词 | washboard |
| 例句 | One of them put a wooden washboard on the sunny ground in front of the propaganda wall. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My arms and back complained like the dickens as I refilled the wash boiler, kept the water hot, rubbed grimy clothes on the washboard, wrung them out, and hung them to dry. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She looked down on her chest which was as flat as a washboard and ripped the page out of the book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Old Qian knelt on the washboard with defiant erectness. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t enough to keep a family of five without Hazelle working her fingers to the bone on that washboard. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He kicked the cane out of Old Qian’s hand and savagely pushed him down on his knees onto the sharp ridges of the washboard. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Scrubbing clothes on a washboard until her knuckles bled—that was the preeminent memory of Erma’s childhood. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mama then heated water in a pot and poured it into another tub and washed the diapers on a washboard and hung them up to dry outside on a clothesline Papa made. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Once the music starts he goes right into the Jimmy-verse, banging against his washboard and letting it all hang out in a piercing falsetto that’s surprisingly on key. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She muttered on like Cecile did and looked mean and tired like Big Ma looks on washboard days. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But as soon as the motor died, I jumped over the washboard and swam with all my might for shore. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He shouted something in the old man’s face and pointed at the washboard. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were fresh-looking clothes in a hamper, a washboard hung neatly above a sink. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Our water is the Appalachian wilderness, our boats, the army surplus jeeps we count on to navigate our washboard roads and the hairpin curves across the mountains. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only things left behind at the base of the wall were a walking stick, a washboard, and an enamel cup, lying on its side. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Call, standing on the port washboard, had sighted the head of what seemed to be a large sea terrapin and was fixing on it a fierce concentration. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perilee’s condition made bending over the washboard and washtub awkward and uncomfortable. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a gravel road engraved with washboard bumps and broken by occasional pitlike ruts that could crack the frame of a Land Rover. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Sister Mukumbu readied the paints, I thought of all those colors, dripping and splattering on Vonetta’s and Fern’s clothes, and having to scrub them without a washboard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s Jimmy’s turn to dance, he gets up, throws down his washboard, and puts his finger over his lips at Neil. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Both had elegant yellow cedar washboards, ash frames, Sitka-spruce gunnels, fore and after decking made of silk impregnated with varnish. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Sturdy in frame and jolly, he wore tan trousers with braces and a thick red shirt that had suffered roughly at the washboard. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He listened awhile to her rubbing clothes on the metal washboard, then he gazed abstractedly into the street, thinking of how he had felt when he fought Gus in Doc’s poolroom. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The next summer, when Dad was hired as a consultant by a washing machine company, we went through the same procedure with the washboard and hand-wringer at Nantucket. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay on his side, half over the washboard, with his sunburned face on the ground. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I poured off some hot water into the bread pan, leaned the washboard inside, cut off a hunk of soap, and began to rub. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I watched the guy opposite strumming his washboard, watched him blowing his horn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My knees hurt when I thought about the washboard, and my head felt dizzy when I imagined the sun burning down on him. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z From the porch I could, at last, make out the three now taut lines, and then I caught sight of her washboards just above the water line. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She went antiquing and hung an old washboard on the wall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was welcoming the crowds with folksy numbers he played on the instruments—washboard, harmonica, drums, cymbals—lashed to various parts of his body. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Two broken washboards, piles of moth-eaten quilts, chairs with split seats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When the sun was high and our stomachs empty, Call stepped off the washboards into the boat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma taught me to be a hard washboard scrubber. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He is thinner: his ribs are like a washboard under the sheet. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He did great, even through washboard sections that rattled our spines and even when a van hugged our tail, flashing its lights to pass. A father-son road trip in Death Valley: One muscle car, one teenager and the American West 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “It’s not like Roman women wanted to have washboard abs.” 2010-01-23T05:17:00Z That didn’t dampen his enthusiasm for either making art or collecting it, and other things as well, like flea-market washboards and antique welders’ masks that he places “somewhere between the African art and Darth Vader.” T Magazine: The Collections of Artists: Inside the Homes of Jeff Koons, KAWS, Ugo Rondinone and Chuck Close 2013-12-05T14:00:42Z And he is happy to offer up the back story behind the TMZ photo, which shows him reclining with legs splayed in swim trunks by a pool, showing off glistening washboard abs. Building Consensus Around a Congressman?s Abs 2010-07-07T20:40:00Z The washboard was the worst, he said — “It’ll run you into a ditch” — although he granted that the potholes weren’t much better. Driving Alaska’s Dalton Highway 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The works employ vintage washboards as a central motif in exploring aspects of black female identity in U.S. history. Betye Saar's gun-totin' mammies turn stereotype into power at the Craft & Folk Art Museum 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z It's a far cry from the BFI Southbank in London, but the group's heartfelt title song, rowdy singalongs and washboard percussion drove this story of cross-dressing, rail-riding hobos forward at a clattering pace. Pianists play it again at the silent movies 2011-04-12T14:25:01Z And yes, Levy does manage to take that shirt off in the second half to reveal his washboard abs. William Levy defied convention to make his own Spanish-language assassin flick 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z On the Ryman stage, the three played up the humor of Monroe and a very pregnant Presley executing the scuffing dance steps of Appalachian clogging while Lambert scraped syncopated rhythms on a washboard. Country’s Fierce Supergroup Pistol Annies Returns, Humor Intact (and Baby on the Way) 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The figure stands before an image of a lynching and atop a washboard bearing a fragment of a poem by Langston Hughes: “I’ve been a victim: The Belgians cut off my hands in the Congo.” Betye Saar's gun-totin' mammies turn stereotype into power at the Craft & Folk Art Museum 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z In 2000, I started a series using washboards, so I suppose the feminism element is there. A Tate Modern Show Examines Race in the U.S. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The songs are undeniably catchy, but their subject is the stuff of every male R&B singer with tattoos and washboard abs. The worse things get for Chris Brown, the better his music becomes 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The divorced mother-of-two now proudly shows off her washboard abs and sculpted legs on her Instagram page @modernbodiesfitness where she gives fitness and diet advice to others as an online trainer. 61-year-old woman claims she feels better now than in her 30s, shares secrets to looking young 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Besides the accordion, zydeco features the metallic rasp of a corrugated washboard — or “frottoir” in Louisiana — played rhythmically with spoons. Stanley Dural Jr., who popularized zydeco music as Buckwheat Zydeco, dies at 68 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z The washboards hold books and ovals made of twine, which enclose overlapping transparencies of family photos. Review | In the galleries: A satire on images of women and the objects they advertise 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z But why should a guy fret over money when he has charm, washboard abs and a knack for gyrating his hips to “Blue Suede Shoes”? Pull off the wig and falsies, and 'Georgia McBride' hits its groove 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Simon’s band brought rubbery bass lines, washboard and spoons, percolating hand percussion and sinewy guitar chatter via Africa, Jamaica and Louisiana. Paul Simon and Sting at the United Center 2014-02-26T06:48:00Z But as a spectacle – Yorke and Flea facing off against each other, each dancing to their own arrhythmia, Refosco playing washboards and something that looks like a Christmas tree of tambourines – they're just exhilarating. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-27T23:05:19Z The instrumentation is eclectic — reeds, washboard, accordion — and the effect is both melancholy and ominous, a sort of Kit Kat Club aura without the decadence. Review: ‘Old Hats,’ Mime and Mayhem From Irwin and Shiner 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It’s not an overweight guy, but it isn’t one with washboard abs, either.” Sexy “dad bods” are not progress: Fetishizing beer bellies only fat-shames others 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z And I'm not one of those guys who was born with a washboard stomach; I gotta work hard, lady! New Girl: move over Jess, Schmidt is the real star 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z Strolling onto the stage in a pork-pie hat, and occasionally playing banjo, guitar and washboard, Mr. Cerveris affected the look but not the attitude of a rambling musician from way, way back. Music Review: Michael Cerveris in American Songbook Series - Review 2012-01-23T22:02:20Z Filling the center of an almost perfect square, a large horse lunges left to right, its bony haunches, washboard... Intimations of Medieval Mortality 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He would eke out his entries at night amid the washboards and concrete sinks, the only private space in the camp with light. Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp, via the Diary of a Young Man 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Here is Ike Turner, sharp as a switchblade, one hand resting on a piano, while beside him, Tina Turner watches him while scrubbing a shirt on a washboard. Dennis Hopper: actor, director and ? yes ? brilliant photographer 2010-04-28T12:17:00Z Simon played air washboard on the accordion-flavored zydeco romp “That Was Your Mother.” Paul Simon and Sting at the United Center 2014-02-26T06:48:00Z This is the real deal — look out for washboards, kazoos and banjos, and ready your vocal cords for a chorus or two. Things to Do in New York This Weekend: Sharks in Brooklyn? You Better Believe It. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Furniture would be moved back and a two-person band — accordion and washboard — would be recruited to provide the music. Accordions, Étouffée and Nonstop Dancing in a Zydeco Capital 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Positioned to one side of the stage, the four musicians crank out their music with rough-hewn energy, at one point even incorporating a washboard. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage It followed me up steep gravel slopes and down rutted washboard roads as I towed a sliver of my heart behind. Measuring Family Milestones, Beneath America’s Tallest Peak 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z It sounded like a toddler playing a washboard, or someone crumpling a hard plastic cup, or a duck with something stuck in its throat. Alexander Chancellor’s Laugh 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z There will be free concerts, washboard factory tours and parades. In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Brattleboro, Vt.; Mass.; Logan, Ohio 2013-05-17T17:00:39Z Saar's show at the Craft & Folk Art Museum will provide a small corrective, but that exhibition — featuring fewer than two dozen of her washboard assemblages — hardly makes up for a full-blown, scholarly retrospective. For Betye Saar, there's no dwelling on the past; the almost-90-year-old artist has too much future to think about 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z A Swiss trio, specialising in an unlikely blend of American Cajun, zydeco, blues and rock, they played melodeon, electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, washboard and drums, and mixed easygoing, rough-and-ready punk energy with impressive musicianship. Bellowhead/Mama Rosin – review 2012-11-08T12:06:44Z When Paul Hansen goes to work, the tools of his trade typically include timpani, xylophone, bass drum, tubular bells, washboard, thunder sheet, glockenspiel and tambourine. Percussionist Paul Hansen keeps the beat all over Seattle 2013-08-01T21:37:03Z After his release from a POW camp in 1946, he worked in a potash mine and as a stonemason’s apprentice, studied painting and sculpture in Düsseldorf, and played washboard in a jazz group. Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z While both are dance music that trades in old melodies, the latter features electric guitar and washboard and comes at you “like a freight train.” ‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ Review: An Event With Unique Flavor 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z One Man, Two Guvnors South Coast Rep opens its season with David Ivers directing his hit farce about a failed washboard musician and others in 1960s England. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 13-20: 'One Man, Two Guvnors' and more 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Sexed down and pumped up, Ms. Vikander certainly looks the role, with flowing hair and a washboard stomach you could play the blues on. Review: ‘Tomb Raider’ and the Perils of Blockbustering 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Director Brad Dalton capitalizes on this asset, making sure McKinny’s washboard abs are frequently in view and surrounding Stanley with poker-bodies of similar blue-collar sex appeal. Theatrical victory belongs to Blanche in 'Streetcar' opera 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z His foot tapped, his arms waved, he crouched and jutted a guitar toward his musicians, he even played an air washboard solo. Still syncopated after all these years 2011-05-17T18:56:25Z Never before have you seen a sweaty, washboard ab guy deliver such dire news. John Oliver debuts world's most informative Diet Coke commercial 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z His grandmother washed the Arsenal players' kit on an iron washboard behind the North Bank stand, previously known as the Laundry End. 'We can't stop watching' - Arsenal's reluctant rebel fans 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z To generate chirps, crickets and katydids rub their forewings together, scraping a toothy vein against a smooth counterpart on the other wing, similar to a spoon raking a washboard. Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Jane Eyre: Mr. Rochester is very conventionally attractive, with washboard abs that require him to work out every day for six hours in a complicated way and eat only eggs. Opinion | Marvel comics are now Penguin Classics. Time to turn classics into Marvel. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “If the road gets chunky, washboard or sandy, we let the air out,” English said. What gravel cycling is and why you should give it a try 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The fictitious Midlands family chain began by selling washboards and tinned pies in 1923. Cold War Steve hopes to revamp high streets through art 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The day before, March 4, someone aggressively tailed the ranchers’ truck down the washboard county dirt road as they drove home. Ranch becomes haven for queer people in rural Colorado 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Instead, they encountered miles upon miles of washboard U.S. In pursuit of endless winter, Irene Henninger becomes the Northwest Avalanche Center’s newest forecaster 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Cleon sang and played washboard and Leon, a father of two, played guitar. Lives Lost: Twins were gentle giants in small Vermont town 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z For 30 years, Mr. Parker played the spoons and washboard in a band called the Del Ray Desperados. Fred Parker, co-founder of Hard Times chili chain, dies at 78 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z If you’re a family of five and your washing machine breaks, it might not be feasible to transition to a washboard. Should you fix that yourself? How to handle home repair during the pandemic 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s not just about churning butter: merchants reported that sales of candle-making kits and washboards are up dramatically. We're churning butter and making candles. What has coronavirus done to us? 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z They went to a common room with a half-dozen tables and began singing along with their friend as residents in wheelchairs bunched together to get clear view of the banjo, bass and washboard players. ‘Germ-fest’ party preceded deadly nursing home outbreak 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Based on both theoretical models and the analytical data, they believe it consists of corrugated layers of linked carbon atoms stacked like washboards, with additional bonds between the layers. The next graphene? Shiny and magnetic, a new form of pure carbon dazzles with potential 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The shifting ground has left at least 1,000 buildings damaged, the mayor said, while roads and sidewalks repeatedly turn into washboards. In Siberia, a First Female Mayor Builds a National Profile 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “She remembers doing laundry by hand with the old washboards,” Douglas said. Ceremony honors Ohio woman turning 110 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z If that task doesn’t sound strenuous enough, consider a washboard. We're churning butter and making candles. What has coronavirus done to us? 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The big tires and the Fox 2.0 Performance shocks ate up the washboard and made mince of the ruts, spitting rocks and gravel and laughing at the sandy parts. The 2020 Jeep Gladiator is a beastly pickup truck that's built to be battered 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The custom halter neck gown exposed the model’s washboard stomach before draping to the floor in a long silver, shimmering train. Emily Ratajkowski dazzled in naked dress at Met Gala that was inspired by Cher 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Law, 46, showed off his washboard abs as he walked along the sand in Venice, holding the hand of French co-star Ludivine Sagnier, The Sun reported. Photos of Jude Law in tighty-whities on beach light social media on fire 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Crucially, it was open to anyone else who could play three chords on a guitar, or a washboard, or a tea-chest bass. Billy Bragg: ‘I love my country and I don’t want it to make an absolute fool of itself’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Before the pandemic, a much larger swath of the company’s business centered on selling the washboards for musical instruments. We're churning butter and making candles. What has coronavirus done to us? 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z At the time, the former “All My Children” star showed off her washboard abs. Kelly Ripa dons white bikini, shows off toned body in Instagram photo 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Moving at a moderate pace over washboard sections pocked with sharp rocks, I feared for the Passport’s future. Honda's Passport is a big, blocky SUV that performs better on the road than off 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Mendes sent fans and celebrities alike into a frenzy over the weekend when he announced he will be featured in a new Calvin Klein campaign, and posted two photos that showed off his washboard abs. Miley Cyrus posts topless photo to troll Shawn Mendes Calvin Klein campaign 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z She even played with him on the streets — on washboard. The song of the spoon lady: Pain, perseverance and an unlikely journey to viral fame 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z This traveling exhibit, from the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, shows Saar’s consistent message through her washboard series. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The Doctors Shirt to reduce pain and improve sleep; device for washboard abs and a butt lift in just 30 minutes. Wednesday's TV highlights: Three-series Chicago-set crossover on NBC - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z In the past decade, trail rides have surged in popularity, thanks in part to how hip-hop has infused with the washboard and accordion rhythms of zydeco. What do you think of when you think of a cowboy? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Seriously, people, Ryan is a lot more than a pretty face and washboard abs. Phil Mickelson's Oscar-deserving performance, an awe-inspiring hole-in-one, and PGA Tour WAGs reenact "The Bachelor" finale - Golf Digest 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Gay sat in my rental car and led me the rest of the way, over washboard roads that turned into something like a dry riverbed, clotted with boulders and jagged rock. Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Some washboards include phrases such as “national racism”. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The contrast between the toned thighs, sculpted arms and washboard abs on-screen and my soft preteen figure felt like too large a gulf to ford. Finding a More Inclusive Vision of Fitness in Our Feeds 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Pitt has always been more human than heartthrob, pairing his washboard abs with an artistic bent, serious range, and unforgettable characters over the course of his nearly three-decade career. Hollywood's greatest leading men: A power ranking - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Cooking, cleaning, doing family laundry with a washboard, and getting water from the well, leaves them with less time to study than their male counterparts, and when they find the time they are exhausted. A Letter to My High School Physics Teacher 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z All you needed for a passable mastery was a washboard, a tea-chest bass, some sort of guitar, possibly home-made, and unlimited enthusiasm. Chuck Berry: the rock'n'roller who wrote the soundtrack for teen rebellion 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z “The washboard becomes her frame for the art, it’s the star,” said Ikemoto. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z For example, there’s the part that looks like an old washboard, artificial turf, plastic chains and a mirror. EXCHANGE: Sensory stimuli calm residents with Alzheimer’s 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z There were washboard abs and dad bods, tattooed torsos and blinding white chests that seemed as if they hadn’t seen the sun this millennium. Sports 2016: The Year of Living Shirtlessly 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Zydeco music was well-known across southwest Louisiana, where people would often drive for miles to small dance halls where zydeco bands featuring an accordion and a washboard would rock the crowds for hours. Louisiana accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco, dies at 68 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z On stage were scores of homemade percussion instruments, a kind of woodwind hacked from PVC plumbing pipe, accordions, electric mandolin, tricked-up washboard, guitars and bass and keyboard and French horns and trumpets. Could This Be the End of Paul Simon’s Rhymin’? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The washboards are used in lieu of canvases and are loaded with symbolism. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z They may be ready to throw in the towel because they haven't dropped two dress sizes or developed those washboard abs in 10 days. 6 Mistakes Sabotaging Your Fitness Goals 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z I could even make out the small, leafy squares where young buskers play their guitars and washboards on one corner, while a group of young homeless men panhandle for coffee on another. Asheville: The South’s Insider Destination 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Seventeen minutes later, Cancel angled his dark bay filly down the stretch and scrubbed her neck like a washboard to coax a final burst of speed. Eric Cancel, an Apprentice Jockey at Saratoga, Listens and Learns 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Butler said he trained for seven months for those washboard abs. Is an Oscar nomination worth diabetes? Nine actors who took physical transformation to the extreme. 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Each washboard is like a puzzle to be decoded, filled with small details that reference American history. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Alou, noticing I was upset, handed me a percussion instrument that is something like a cylindrical washboard. A Search for Pedro Martinez in His Prime 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z He had paced, implored, tossed his arms in the air, yelled and, for punctuation, whacked his clipboard like a zydeco musician with a washboard. A Long Hardwood Journey 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “He was a unique musician,” said Stanley King, a longtime friend who played the washboard in the band. Paul Bacon, 91, Whose Book Jackets Drew Readers and Admirers, Is Dead 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z On a recent day, students from Council Bluffs and Woodbine schools toured the facilities, taking in lessons on trapping, doing laundry using a washboard and crafting handmade portions of rope, among many others. Historical village offers view into Harrison County’s past 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Not all of the artworks are on washboards, however. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Fred Parker, Carol’s husband and a former museum exhibit specialist, plays the spoons and washboard. Meet some National Gallery of Art employees who unwind with music 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z It's not an overweight guy, but it isn't one with washboard abs, either. Apparently the Dad Bod is a thing, which is great news for golfers: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Just because the Dad Bod is yet another symbol of gender inequality doesn’t mean that we should force guys into Cross Fit so that they’ll have washboard abs. 'Dad Bod' Is a Sexist Atrocity 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Glass washboards were used to scrub all clothes, not just lingerie. Not just for delicates 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The bumps create a rumbling washboard effect that lasts several seconds for motorists. Soil shifts lead to speed bumps on Texas’ 85 mph highway 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z A woman with washboard abs did calisthenics in front of a camera. Hollywood's Big-Money YouTube Hit Factory 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z He performed magic tricks as the opening act at student events, played washboard in a Dixieland band and sometimes climbed into the costume of the school mascot, the Nittany Lion. The Trials of Graham Spanier, Penn State’s Ousted President 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z They’re made to cross deserts and travel on washboard roads, or through places without roads. Bend company prepares to export first vehicle 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z His comments about the retailer’s target audience — “cool, good-looking people” with “washboard stomachs” — have created negative feelings. 9 CEOs With the Absolute Worst Reputations 2014-04-07T09:45:36Z And though some parents may forbid their teens from seeing the R-rated film because of the blood and violence, they should probably be more concerned about the Greeks’ sweaty, washboard abs. The 300 Abs Problem: Boys Feeling Body Image Pressure Too 2014-03-11T17:18:51Z Off Highway 26, down a long washboard dirt road, Troy pulled up to a trailer where a minister and his wife lived alone. A soldier’s exorcism: “He could feel hot Jesus blood coming down over his face” 2014-01-25T15:00:00Z Below you will find the details of a case involving a teenage gymnast who wakes up one morning to find her normally flat, washboard stomach bloated and distended as if she were pregnant. Well: Think Like a Doctor: The Gymnast’s Big Belly 2013-09-05T10:00:18Z Some pore over men’s magazines, with their promises of “washboard abs”, for guidance. Male attractiveness: Abs-olutely fabulous 2013-04-11T15:18:13Z For example, Ms. Atlas’s “Magdalene Laundries: A Cross to Bear” displays altered books, an old-fashioned washboard and other found objects to loosely form a wall-mounted cross. | Westchester: ‘In Retrospect,’ Where the Books Are the Art, at Castle Gallery 2012-10-07T00:45:09Z There is also something hypnotic – arms and legs in perfect sync, those regular ripples across washboard stomachs, the steady breathing. London 2012: Tiki Gelana's Olympic marathon win a hometown triumph 2012-08-05T18:17:03Z "He took acting classes, worked on his dancing, and he spent months transforming his flabby stomach into a gym-hardened washboard of six-pack abs." India Ink: A Quest for Six-Packs, Inspired by Bollywood 2012-07-19T05:24:03Z And he spent months transforming his flabby stomach into a gym-hardened washboard of six-pack abs. On-Screen Abdominals Send India’s Men to Gym 2012-07-19T02:23:03Z He knew all the dances — he was particularly proud of his waltz — and he played nearly all of the instruments, including the drums, banjo, piano, violin, clarinet, washboard and kazoo. New Orleans Celebrates Life of Lionel Batiste 2012-07-17T03:00:39Z The offshore training has paid off and Sun boasts a washboard stomach to go with his lean 1.98 meter frame, on show in pictures posted on his Chinese micro blog for his 7.3 million followers. Chinese men are coming, says "warrior" Sun 2012-07-03T08:05:23Z He and his wife collected all manner of odd things — from washboards to misspelled restaurant menus to hatbox papers. Ivan Karp, Pop Art Dealer, Dies at 86 2012-06-29T04:22:58Z A washboard of light cedar, about six inches high, served to strengthen the gunwale and give increased depth. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z After following a washboard road to the desolate camp, they would find a kind of kibbutz. An Early Eco-City Faces the Future 2012-02-16T01:36:06Z Conversely for a woman who decries exercise, local newspapers have delighted in touting a leaner, meaner Serena, splashing pictures of the American's washboard stomach on their websites. Sleeping giant Serena ready to take back throne 2012-01-14T07:12:44Z Carlson was a little above medium height, dark complexioned, his brow a washboard of horizontal wrinkles. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z But about the weather: Across the state, including Seattle, it had snowed on Tuesday, and the drive east two days later took seven hours on washboard roads. A final six-pack of Apple Cup recollections . . . 2011-11-24T04:19:09Z In the evenings, he attended student social events and played washboard with a Dixieland band, then often stayed up past midnight answering e-mails. Penn State?s Spanier Enjoyed Success and Secrecy 2011-11-22T03:01:15Z A trained therapist with a Ph.D. in sociology, he was known among the students for playing the washboard with local bands and performing magic tricks at certain functions. Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Is Fired 2011-11-10T03:37:50Z He invites students to hear him play a washboard in a local band. Penn State President?s Role Is Questioned in Sexual-Abuse Case 2011-11-08T01:11:57Z Now the kindling-pile was the best quarry for our toys, because it was bought from a washboard factory around the corner. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Within the material culture of the market, the subtleties of everyday life are revealed: washboards instead of washing machines, for instance, or bicycle parts for the many shoppers who do not own cars. Market Evokes Memories of Home 2011-08-02T17:03:14Z Unnoticed by him, his long white beard slipped into the soapy water and he rubbed it vigorously on the washboard. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z Zydeco, a potent blend of Cajun, rhythm and blues and, among a younger generation, hip-hop, often features accordion and washboard and is a passion of people in the region. Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial 2011-01-24T23:02:49Z Four boys ran leftover ore across a washboard looking for specks of gold missed in prior washings. African Gold Rush Kills Children as Miners Discover Lead Dust 2010-12-21T00:08:07Z Not every child has the good fortune to live near a washboard factory. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The Situation costume features a midriff-cut muscle shirt over a fake six-pack of rippling washboard abs. City Critic: A Night for Pagans Brings Out the Sexy 2010-10-16T23:27:00Z One wore suspenders and a floppy wide-brim hat and carried a washboard. Pic of SC Leader, Black Re-enactors Spurs Flap 2010-09-16T17:59:00Z Once we reached the washboard portion of the road, we traveled about 12 miles per hour for nearly three hours. Crossing the Chalbi Desert, With No Blanket, and No Shocks 2010-07-27T21:00:00Z When washing, if the article is badly soiled, use a small scrubbing brush and scrub the goods over the washboard. The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) Necessary as washboards are, a factory of modest output can supply a county, with even a little dribble for export into neighbor counties. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Is it Lake of Aqua Chiquite—wears his hair décolleté; talks like he had a washboard in his throat; tailor-made face; walks like a duck on stilts; general sort of pouter-pigeon effect?” Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus They are a little less slanting than the board of a woman's washtub would be, and yet they lie somewhat like a washboard. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway They stepped beneath a rough shelter of corrugated iron such as is hastily thrown up for the protection in summer of washboards, or, in winter, for the storing of wood. The Gray Mask If one has an old washboard half the work of making a negative rack is already done. Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 They think a washboard is a dull and common thing. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z "There's soap an' a washboard ready, an' 'tis not every day that ye can get hot water for nothing." From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel His mother could not overhear him, but I thought Jane did,—she put so much vigor into her rubs on the washboard, and spoke more tenderly to old Mrs. Steadman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 It's made from an old washboard that mamma didn't want. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys From the washboard cut two strips seven inches long and three inches wide. Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 They do not know, in their pitiable ignorance, the towers and bridges that can be made from the scourings of a washboard factory. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z There was the maiden from New Hampshire, the old lady from Chicago, papa, mamma, the woman who chewed gum, and all the rest of them, gravely bending over a washboard and soap. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel I looked over my shoulder, and didn’t like what I saw, and scuttled up that chain of enormous buckets like a roach on a washboard, one hand for me and one hand for Arthur. The Knights of Arthur "There's room for you beside me on the washboard," and he got up and so did the duck boy, and then they were ready to start. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys She was mounted on a slab-sided horse, with ribs like a washboard, and carried a basket on her arm covered with a coarse cloth none too clean. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures Our washboard factory was a great wooden structure that had been built for a roller-skating rink. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The door swung to with a crash, a blast of chill wind and rain blew in on us, the lamp flickered and flared, a dripping oilskin-clad figure clambered over the washboard. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Six feet distant from the washboard, a depressed railway track, equipped with long platform cars, ten feet in width, having their surfaces just level with the main floor, describes a circuit of the room. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century They say women are no longer contented with woman's sphere and woman's work—that the washboard has lost its charm, and the days of the hair-wreath are ended. In Times Like These The ridges in a washboard help to clean the clothes that are rubbed over them. Common Science I laid my hand upon him gratefully, and found he too was in sore straits, his coat as ragged as my own, his sides corrugated like a huge washboard. A Mountain Boyhood The half-deck door was swung out—a figure blocked the light, sprawling over the washboard—Munro! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The sides, washboards, and end decks were then built, the stones removed, and the centerboard case fitted. The Migrations of an American Boat Type And while she worked steadily to finish, the boiler on the stove behind her kept time with its clanking cover to the grating tune of her washboard. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Yes, humble sister, He will help you at the washboard and the kitchen-sink as gladly as at the hour of prayer. Days of Heaven Upon Earth She was afeared she'd either lose it off her hand, she said, or break it on the washboard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 At the suggestion of Quin, Cyd was placed outside of the washboard, and half a dozen buckets of cold water were dashed upon him by the relentless hand of the negro nurse. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives It is also used in the manufacture of veneer picnic plates, pie plates, butter dishes, washboards, small handles, kitchen and pantry utensils, and ironing boards. Seasoning of Wood The clothes will come out cleaned and white, without wear or tear or rubbing on washboards, therefore will last twice as long. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Instead of sitting by a bath playing a harp, the poor old wives stand by a washtub and play tunes on the washboard, and scrub, and take care of children. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 Make the washboard of a piece of paper folded many times backward and forward, fan fashion. Little Folks' Handy Book For just that some six hundred and fifty thousand people work six days a week doing laundry work alone—not to mention mother at the home washboard—or electric machine. Working With the Working Woman The wind came in gusts, and now every flaw carried her down to the washboard. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock With the steward's washboard, he could wash the captain's soiled linen, which the steward would afterward wring out and hang up. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Wallie shoved his Christmas dinner in the oven and slammed the door upon it, stoked the fire lavishly, then fell upon the washboard and rubbed furiously that he might be done the sooner. The Dude Wrangler The old-fashioned washboard has been turned into a steam laundry and the old spinning wheel has given place to the American cotton mills. Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. A round seam would wear out sooner by coming into frequent contact with the washboard and iron, besides irritating the skin. Textiles and Clothing "If we only had a man with us, it would be another thing," groaned Mr. Redmond, with a shudder, as the boat went down to her washboard again. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock This was washing-day, and as she began to scrub away on the noisy washboard, a sudden thought struck her. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories While his wife beat her tireless rub-a-dub-dub On the washboard drum of her old wooden tub, He sat by the stoves and he just let her rub— He didn't worry about it. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two He was so skinny you could do a week's washing on his ribs for a washboard and hang 'em up on his hip-bones to dry. The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts 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 This idealism lent luster even to his calling of weighing nails and selling washboards to the town of Anchorville. Suzanna Stirs the Fire To Clean Dirty Clothesline—Wrap it around the washboard and scrub it with a brush and soap suds. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use The steward in his leisure moments and with a worried air tried to fit washboards to the cabin doors. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle The "Happy Return" behaved handsomely, and our cabin was quite dry all the voyage, thanks, perhaps to an extra washboard strake we ran round the bows before starting. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Do not rub blankets on a washboard, as it makes them hard, and blueing added makes them a dull gray color. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada People must think so too, because they always looked closer at him when he spoke of weighing nails, or wrapping wringers and washboards. Suzanna Stirs the Fire He lisps a little when he talks, and he's soft and pudgy, not like Dad, who could orate like a Roman tyrant and had a washboard for a gut. Shadow of the Mothaship On the lee side another man could be seen stretched out as if stunned; only the washboard prevented him from going over the side. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle She it was who solved problems by the aid of washboard and scrubbing-brush, and the tempting meals she sent out of the kitchen would have delighted the heart of an epicure. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Do not rub, but use the washboard, top end down, to press or pound out the water and dirt. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada They had something like washboards, laid on the bank of the stream, which they were hammering with all their might with the sheets, standing in the shallow water as they did so. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East One of them went through the boat's washboard, and dangerously wounded a midshipman in the thigh. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time On the right were the laundresses under the eaves of a wooden shed, each kneeling, as their custom is, in a three-sided box, and leaning forward over the washboard that sloped down into the water. Italian Journeys But after the bits of shives and sticks were subdued, and the knots humbled by use and the washboard, they were good garments. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs They looked, when undressed, like the India famine victims, with their washboard ribs and protruding stomachs, dull eyes and parched skin. Three Times and Out We walk along the shore to watch Indian women busied in making a birchbark canoe and in washing clothes with washboards—the old order and the new. The New North The washboard can be kept in place with small metal hooks, as shown in the sketch. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Mrs. Bradley said she thought there must be something dead under the washboard. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot That basin could be likened to the ribs of a washboard: it was all hills, gorges, ridges and ravines. Tales of lonely trails The seat-room was only four feet long,—two feet short of my length; and the washboard, which was three inches in height, surrounded the seat-room and obliged me to use the boat-sponge as a pillow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 To see a washboard in your dreams, is indicative of embarrassment. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition She made the creamed oysters in the kitchen over the gas-stove, and they ate them there—Condy sitting on the washboard of the sink, his plate in his lap. Blix They drew up to the washboard of the sink, feasting off the remnants of the supper, slices of goose, the remains of the lobster salad, and half a bottle of champagne. McTeague He reached for the washboard as he ceased, and smiled lovingly on his mother. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys The present capacity of the works is twenty-five hundred pails per day, six hundred tubs, a hundred and twenty-five churns and other small ware, and a hundred dozen zinc washboards. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Faucets were sputtering, buckets spilling, rivulets flowing underneath the rows of washboards. L'Assommoir And finally Ben said, "I guess I'll move my washboard and the 'paper carpet' up there with you all," and Polly said, "Oh, do, Ben." The Adventures of Joel Pepper "Your whack's in the kettle, Jessop," said Tom, as I stepped in over the washboard. The Ghost Pirates The irregular line of foot gear which decorated the washboard of one wall, beginning with a pair of worsted slippers and ending with a wooden bootjack, was gone. Colonel Carter of Cartersville This done, and the market for his tin pints and washboards would be closed for ever. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter It imparts to the intestines an other abdominal organs a "washboard" motion which acts as a powerful stimulant to all the organs in the abdominal cavity. Nature Cure And Ben, coming out from the woodshed, with the washboard in his hand, together with the hammer and nails, the kitchen began to hum with the noise. The Adventures of Joel Pepper I stepped over the washboard, and left him. The Ghost Pirates The forest that he struck into seemed ribbed like a washboard with deep ravines so steep of slope as to make precarious travel. The Man of the Forest Across this brook, in the shade of a dozen gnarled old willow-trees, were set the broad flat stone washboards on which was done all the family washing. Ramona Breaks after breaks, like the ridges on a washboard, headin' on the south slope of Buckskin, an' runnin' down, side by side, miles an' miles, deeper an' deeper, till they run into that awful hole. The Last of the Plainsmen It's about eighty miles across this ragged old stone washboard of a desert. The Call of the Canyon The skin was stretched like parchment over the bones, and the sensation produced was for all the world like running one’s hand over a washboard. The People of the Abyss "There's a power of washboards in that," said he. The Crock of Gold At length a mile of clean, brown slope, ridged and grooved like a washboard, led gently down to meet the floor of the valley, where the scant grama-grass struggled to give a tinge of gray. Light of the Western Stars “Beats a washboard an’ your knuckles, and, besides, it saves at least fifteen minutes in the week, an’ fifteen minutes ain’t to be sneezed at in this shebang.” Martin Eden "About that washboard," said Meehawl, "I was just going to say—" "It doesn't matter," said the Philosopher. The Crock of Gold You say that this unhealthy woman has not got your wife's washboard. The Crock of Gold "She didn't take it, because my wife got her out yesterday and kept her talking for two hours while I went through everything in her bit of a house—the washboard wasn't there." The Crock of Gold |
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