英语词汇“washtub”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Next to the boiler was a pair of soapstone washtubs with a hinged wooden cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fell into the washtub, but rose back into her hands a moment later. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boom jerked back and forth, ropes flopped like sick snakes, the sails looked sloppy and loose, and she rolled from side to side on the smallest swell or wave like an old washtub. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami ran me to the washtub and dunked me among my father’s soaking shirts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just as he was leaving, his foot bumped against the washtub, which gave a not-so-hollow sound. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We now even had a couple of blankets, a leaky washtub and a baby’s crib. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Gussie saw her, he threw the dice, with which he had been playing, under the washtubs and trotted over for feeding. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perilee’s condition made bending over the washboard and washtub awkward and uncomfortable. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She turned back to the washtub, still with this strange sadness on her face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

First it was a rug, then a washtub, then a lamp with a colored silk shade. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She filled a clean washtub with cold water from the spring, and she dipped the corn out of the kettle into the tub. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to get into that washtub over there.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long, rolling clang, as though the washtub had been flung across the yard, and then a confusion of angry shouts which ended in a yell of pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The cars had old chairs and sewing machines and washtubs tied to their roofs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She stood over the washtub, her arms wet and soapy to the elbows and sweat standing on her brow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Baths: The washtub is available to aU residents after 9 A.M. on Sundays. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Our washtub, where we occasionally did a proper laundry, followed by a proper bath, was outside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He probably will just have the bartender fill up two washtubs and call that two drinks,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the winch that pulls the line of pots up from the floor of the Chesapeake is a large washtub. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t end up in that foul hotel courtyard with my head in a tin washtub it will be a blooming miracle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

More of a porch, really, with a black cookstove, a washtub, and a cot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She lifted little May out of her dreaming and ran and put her in the old metal washtub. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Becky was off in search of a seamstress, so Ruth helped me haul the water to the washtub in the backyard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the washtub cover and threw the gun into the water in which some soiled clothes were soaking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women washed their rags in leaky, rusted washtubs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes—just about,” my mother said, beckoning me to get out of the washtub. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hannah noticed that one of the camp babies was still cradled in a washtub. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, after adjusting to the diminished light, they stare at a desk with an inkwell at its top, a soot-stained fireplace, a washtub, a short, narrow bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The washtub, where his mother had been washing earlier, was open still, and filled the kitchen with a sour smell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She gives a nervous glance at her empty washtub. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed loudly, put my dishes in the washtub, and tucked my hair into my mob cap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, while I unpacked my duffel, he went outside and returned with a large metal washtub. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took precious time, not aware of what she was doing, to set the cake of yellow soap on the washtub cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We came upon an old woman sitting in her garden in a washtub like Diogenes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no hour of daylight when she was not marching to and fro between the washtub and the line, alternately gagging herself with clothes pegs and breaking forth into lusty song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It took Katie a long time to remember that she had thrown it into the washtub. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a genuine bottle with a real cork, not the stuff the bartender usually ladled out of a washtub. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But before long he came hurrying back, hitched the horses to the wagon, threw in his ax, the two washtubs, the wash-boiler and all the pails and wooden buckets there were. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the downpour though, and a good bit of it has collected in a washtub near the chopping stump. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down in the yard the red-armed woman was still marching to and fro between the washtub and the line. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The soap in the washtub burned my skin, and Mami scrubbed me so hard her fingernails dug angry furrows into my arms and legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They never get as clean as Mama could get them with her washtub. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Staring down into the drowned washtub grill fire, did my father wonder why the city exploded that day, of all days? When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Four decades later, The Kweskin band featured the jug playing of Fritz Richmond, considered a virtuoso on both the jug and the washtub bass. Jug band duo Muldaur, Kweskin return to their roots 2010-12-07T23:04:00Z

But their antics fueled an enduring run, starting in 1958 when they were booked at Disneyland: singing, dancing and playing homemade instruments like a tin-can xylophone, a washtub bass and tuned skillets. Bill Skiles, Frantic Clown to a Straight Man, Dies at 79 2011-05-19T01:01:07Z

He poured a jug of water over the fire in the washtub grill, and crouched to stare into the embers. When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Stage a royal welcome by hanging lanterns from shepherd hooks anchored in galvanized washtubs planted with ivy. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z

Indoor pictures show her crouched over a washtub, a more aloof and limber version of one of Degas’s bathers. Art Review: ?Snapshot: Painters and Photography,? at Phillips Collection 2012-04-06T00:25:38Z

The pan was roughly the size of a No. 2 washtub and, in time, was burnished almost gold by the rendering fat of so many slowly roasting, lovely birds. Perspective | One thing made the difference for Momma’s turkey: Her magic pan 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Old Salt Farm shares step-by-step instructions on how to create a washtub planter perfect for holding an array of pretty flowers or even an herb garden. Get creative and enjoy the outdoors with these summer crafts | Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

State and federal lawmakers want their potential tax revenues, just as the federal “revenuers” did from homemade distilleries and washtubs filled with gin. Marijuana gangs are hippie-dippie happy 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Excruciatingly thin toddlers, eyes bulging, sat in a plastic washtub used in a make-shift scale as nurses weighed them one by one. In a remote district, starving Yemenis live off leaves 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

“We went down, and we put the dehumidifier in the washtubs and did stuff like that.” 40 years after flood, former Robindale residents reunite 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

He turned cafeteria trays into oversize petri dishes and used electrical supplies and an infant washtub to build a device to force genetic material into cells. Oliver Smithies, Tinkerer Who Transformed Genetics and Won a Nobel, Dies at 91 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

He brought out a washtub in which the flag could be scrubbed in a symbolic cleansing of the nation’s ills. John R. Coleman, college president who walked in others’ shoes, dies at 95 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

The pavilion-like building is designed with crab-eaters in mind: There are two metal washtubs in the middle of the room for washing crab spice from your hands after eating. Where to get steamed crabs in the Washington region 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

The sign, dating to 1928, shows a washwoman at a washtub. Rapid City’s history in neon to be preserved 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z

He said said his wife kept baby Dealeryn in a washtub when she was doing her household chores. Nairobi building collapse: Miracle baby's mother dies in rubble - BBC News 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

The baby was found unharmed in a washtub, said Pius Masai of the National Disaster Management Unit, which is coordinating the rescue mission. World Digest: May 3, 2016 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Carver moved in a cookstove, bed, cupboard, table and chairs and washtub and flat iron into the 14-square-foot soddy. Ness County celebrates George Washington Carver’s legacy 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Over the faint thump of a washtub bass and a guitar playing the blues, a narrator mocks Mr. Rubio’s shifting stances on immigration. Ad Backing Jeb Bush Calls Marco Rubio Untrustworthy on Immigration 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

A washtub over the trap with the usual appliances of a washroom standing around, completing the hiding.” Secret network in Kansas helped blacks escape slavery 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

If you stir water in a big washtub with a chopstick, nothing happens first. Hiroshima: 70 Years After the Atomic Bomb 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

“Took a bath in a big iron washtub.” GOP’s Lindsey Graham sees an opening as antagonist to Rand Paul 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Or perhaps the divers could simply be trained to land in one of those itty-bitty washtubs, the way they used to at the circus. In U.S., Boston, Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco Vie for 2024 Olympic Bid 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

“Even the comparison with the Titanic isn’t right, because this didn’t take place on the high seas, but practically in a washtub,” he said. Memo From Rome: Italians Embrace a Hero After Cruise Ship Accident 2012-01-20T02:22:46Z

My own hands have earned ’em over de washtub. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z

And as for a dozen sets of underclothes, that won't wear once they see the washtub, they look foolish to me. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z

A comment was made on the keeping of the washtub under the kitchen table. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z

A cot placed between the oil can and the washtub on a dingy back porch is very dismal and bound to have a depressing effect on the sleeper. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z

Not one of them ever built a boat in his life before, and I'm sure it looked a deal more like a big washtub with a cover on than a ship. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z

Yiss, yiss, Deacon Roberts, there has many a chapel been built out of a washtub, an' many a prayer risen up from the suds! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z

Especially significant is it that a large per cent of the white matrons in the country have at last discarded the negro laundry-woman and habitually themselves use the washtub for their families. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z

We carry up an army of buckets and basins and washtubs to catch the rain in the attic. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z

May made a second trip for some pictures in broken frames—also a washtub and old tools that had been found in the loft. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z

And if she looked, as Captain Cathie admitted, something of a cross between a washtub and a patchwork quilt, she was undoubtedly built strong and would stand a good deal of knocking about. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z

But the general impression was pleasant, partly because he always looked as if he had that moment emerged as speckless as his surplices from Mrs. Nicholls' washtub. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z

A drum circle grew at the western end of the park, while a band featuring a washtub bass entertained crowds on the eastern side. City Room: Sunday in Zuccotti Park, With Entertainment and a Celebrity Entertainer, or Two 2011-10-17T01:58:04Z

And she sang, "My mother is a washerwoman, And but a ballad girl am I, And when a sweetheart comes to woo, Away I to the washtub fly." For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z

He had an armful of white, silky, inside leaves of cornhusks closely packed together, and these he submerged in a washtub full of water, in the back-yard, placing stones on them to hold them down. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z

In early childhood, the governor and his older sister, Milla, lived with their parents in a simple though spacious wooden bungalow with a washtub on the porch. Paint Creek, Tex., Remembers Rick Perry 2011-09-19T02:27:41Z

The hullabaloo of the dogs and children brought the mothers to the cabin doors, or around from their washtubs at the rear of the cabins. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z

Persons who wanted an "all-over bath," went to a barber shop for it, if they lived in a city, and, if they lived elsewhere, went without it, or pressed a family washtub into friendly service. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z

Cassy fell over a stack of washtubs, and called on all the saints to help her. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z

“Poorly controlled, despite the notorious power vertical, it’s thoroughly rotten, and therefore allows for operation of these leaky washtubs.” Corruption Eyed in Russian Boat Sinking 2011-07-12T18:21:32Z

She was the strangest looking craft that had ever been seen, and has been likened to a big washtub turned upside down and floating on the water. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z

But the Tudor post-work scrub meant taking advantage of nature's washtub in the nearest pond or river. 10 strange ways Tudors died 2011-06-14T10:02:59Z

She had the figure of a washtub, but her face was kind. Little Erik of Sweden 2011-06-07T02:00:12.210Z

They might have come out of the washtub. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z

“What Mrs. Shannon will say when she sees her two washtubs floating off like that, I don’t know,” sighed Henrietta, after they were all ashore. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z

I'll never throw my education away by bending over a washtub or by moving about in a white man's kitchen. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z

The ladies-maids, who were expected to do all the fine muslins, &c., themselves, had also always to be at the washtubs at three A.M.—by candlelight. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

Mrs. Baker had a fig nursery in de front yard and we would go and pick washtubs of figs. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z

Finally a stout, smiling woman appeared, wiping her hands—from the washtub, I judge. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z

Mrs. Shannon would never see her washtubs again. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z

It is now about eleven o'clock in the day, and Mrs. Mollie Marston, Margaret's mother, is standing before a washtub, with huge piles of dirty clothes all about her. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z

There had been a fall of snow; the roofs were white, and he even recognised in the yard outside a washtub which had caused him to stumble after dark the evening before. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z

The Weppners run a 100-foot garden hose from the washtub in the laundry room — the spigot outside is frozen — through the kitchen and the family room, outside to the rink. 2010-02-11T07:32:00Z

Before George came in sight of the house he heard a rubbing, slapping noise, and with a new distaste pictured his mother bending over a washtub, suggesting a different barrier to be leaped. The Guarded Heights

There were two wooden washtubs in which the Costello twins voyaged. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z

Before day dawned on a Monday morning, and while night yet frowned his blackest on Saturday night, she was found either at the washtub or ironing board, striving to make her "pints meet." Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z

The Lord knows, she had to work hard enough, but you never saw her rinsing the washtub suds from her hands and coming to the door with her sleeves rolled up—not at all. The Night Operator

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

As if to emphasize the occasion, his mother deserted her washtub, served his breakfast herself, stood about in helpless attitudes. The Guarded Heights

Grass Stains—Saturate the spot thoroughly with kerosene, then put them in the washtub. Civic League Cook Book

God loves an honest heart, even when the frame that contains it is bending over the washtub. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z

The last thing you'd ever think there was in the house was a washtub. The Night Operator

Filling the washtub, she plunged Hertha's white dress in the water and worked furiously to obliterate the dark stains. The Shadow

Then the little black kitten ran over to the washtubs and, jumping on a stool, turned the hot-water faucet. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse

One single theme kept rolling around like a pea in a washtub; just what had happened to that television set and those jukeboxes? Cue for Quiet

A troop of dirty-faced children was in the yard, and in the corner was a pile of other household incumbrances, consisting principally of mops and washtubs. The Witches of New York

I saw my mother work over the washtub until her hands were bloody that I and my little brother might have bread and my virtue be protected. Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls

Flat on the beach sat Katherine, her feet straight out in front of her and a tin washtub upside down on her head, completely hiding the upper half of her. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars

She could not have crawled through her own washtub if she had knocked the bottom out of it. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards

Without interrupting her work, and later as she toiled, at her washtub, the good woman launched forth in lengthy praise of Hugo. The Peace of Roaring River

I replied that she was always in her kitchen and generally in her washtub, except when she went to funerals. The Romance of a Plain Man

While warm and comfortable herself, the pampered mistress of the family gave no thought to the dangerous exposure to which she subjected this slave of the washtub. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865

I did mention it to his wife, who failed to understand my scruples, and replied, 'They meets in the washtub, and why not on the line?' and in truth, why not? East of the Shadows

Here wuz a Victoria lily in its full beauty, the dark green leaves edged with brown and red, as big round as our washtub, and turned up on the edges about two inches. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife

On the washtub—covered admirably with linoleum—at which she sat, were the cheque for a thousand dollars and the bid from the vaudeville man. The Paliser case

But if he keeps up this low anarchistic talk about dragging me to a washtub––oh, it’s too absurd!––I’m going to Reno and be done with all of it.” The Gorgeous Girl

When she first failed to take her usual two-days' stand at the washtub, they inquired the reason of her absence, but there all concern ended. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865

David went into the little kitchen, where a woman was bending wearily over a washtub. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West

The husbands and sweethearts of the few remaining colored washladies having procured jobs at the camp and the women themselves receiving liberal offers at other occupations, deserted the washtub. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight

Take as many as would fill a large washtub, sprinkle a pound of fine salt over them, and stir them well, about once a day, until they are thoroughly dried, without falling to pieces. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society

Another man hung around a week, and raided a grocery store, filling washtubs with groceries, cloth, and shoes—went away in a skiff. The River Prophet

Pails, washtubs, bathtubs, and even dishes of paper can be easily found. Makers of Many Things

Ruhannah frowned and cast a tragic glance upon the tin washtub on the kitchen floor. The Dark Star

Let me paint the picture of the mother at the washtub, just recovering from the birth of her last child as the Empress. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

“The aluminum dishpan and the galvanized iron washtub—what are they doing by the side of you on both sides on the sidewalk?” Rootabaga Stories

"You'll have to use a washtub for the punch, to make enough for all of them," said Patsy. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts

To stand at a washtub and wash his clothes, if it were wanted. The Vicar of Bullhampton

How, then, shall I make you understand the real human loves and sorrows that often have play in a girl's heart, where there are no better stage fittings than stationary washtubs and kitchen ranges? Duffels

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

Then the man in overalls took a shovel and began shoveling silver dollars out of the wheelbarrow into the aluminum dishpan and the galvanized iron washtub. Rootabaga Stories

Water-tank, sink, washtubs, and bathtubs can be cast in concrete and given a smooth finish. Diggers in the Earth

As it came slipping from cloud to cloud, as round as the washtub, and nearly as large, it seemed to Johnnie to have a face that he could see plainly. The Rich Little Poor Boy

Instantly the dishpan grew as large as a big washtub and Ugu seated himself in it and grasped the two handles. The Lost Princess of Oz

And cluttered around them, farm machinery, washtubs, and all the other junk that could be left outdoors, with countless barrels for hauling water, and the inevitable pile of tin cans. Land of the Burnt Thigh

He shoveled out of the wheelbarrow till the dishpan was full, till the washtub was full. Rootabaga Stories

The woman at the washtub did not reverence strikes or understand the labour movement. Lady Bountiful

There were disputes between freakish ships when craft with the astrogational qualities of washtubs tried to keep assigned positions, and failed, and there were squabbles when ships had to pass close together. The Pirates of Ersatz

All sail was taken in, and our big ship ran before the wind, tossed about as if she were a mere washtub. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading

Even such a prosaic article as a washtub, borrowing luster from the season's witchery and in shining blue dress became a thing to covet and dream about. Carl and the Cotton Gin

By the side of him on the left side on the sidewalk he put a galvanized iron washtub, and on the right side an aluminum dishpan. Rootabaga Stories

When her husband died she took plain sewing to do for a time, but couldn't earn enough at it to keep her family from want, so she turned to the washtubs. Heart of Gold

He laughed with glee when his mother used to put him into the washtub, and howled with rage when she took him out. The Battle and the Breeze

Ailwin called down-stairs to Oliver, to say that there was a washtub floating about in the room they had slept in. The Settlers at Home

Mrs. Narnay came to the door, too, her arms right out of the washtub; but Janice begged her not to inconvenience herself. How Janice Day Won

I have to carry home a heavy load of money to-night, an aluminum dishpan full of silver dollars and a galvanized iron washtub full of silver dollars. Rootabaga Stories

Whether I sat in a stuffed chair or on a nailkeg or an inverted washtub it was always equally agreeable to me. The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach

We got there at last, and she fell to work over a washtub to earn the bread for the hungry mouths. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc.

One day a lot of Sioux Indians who were on their way to fight the Chippewas borrowed my sister's washtub to mix the paint in for painting them up. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History

Then the former lay down to take the prescribed nap, and the latter set her washtub on a box in the yard beneath the peach trees. The Long Roll

The women worked in the houses, in the dairies and kitchens, at the spinning-wheel and washtub. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth

The chance seemed heaven-sent to the poor young creature, who had nearly succumbed before her heavy toil at the washtub, for she was too delicately formed for such labors. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls

Among other effects it caused Mrs Lynch to stagger and catch hold of the washtub, which, far from supporting her, let her fall to the ground, and fell on the top of her. The Island Queen

On the ground outside is a big washtub, full of pink lemonade. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures

She found a little girl of twelve standing on a stool over a washtub. Civics and Health

It is related that Henry Clay's mother furnished him with books by her own earnings at the washtub. Pushing to the Front

This earthen trough was nothing more nor less than a washtub of the sort in common local use. The Bibliotaph and Other People

The bigger boys built up the walls, set in the round windows of ice, which were frozen each night in washtubs and brought carefully to the castle. The Corner House Girls at School

The two elephants sucked up all the pink lemonade from the washtub near the stand outside the tent. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures

A coarse gritty texture is peculiar to smalt, whether it be the Powder Blue of the washtub and Blue Sand of the pottery, or the Dumont's and Royal Blue of the artist and high-class manufacturer. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists

The maid at the washtub remarked, as her mistress stepped to the door with basket and scissors to gather flowers. Some Three Hundred Years Ago

Jim and I will take a hand drill, dynamite, fuse and caps into the gorge, and bust out a space about as big as a washtub, while you and Landy are unpacking your plunder. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story

As he glanced uneasily around the room, his eyes chanced to fall on a little object lying on the edge of the shelf just above the washtub. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories

Your elephants took all my pink lemonade, from the washtub where I had ice in it! Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures

The poets who composed the mele for a king have been spoken of as "the king's washtubs." Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula

When the hippopotamus opened his mouth it looked big enough to hold a washtub. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home

The family washtub, brought to the kitchen of a Saturday night, and filled with well water tempered slightly by a few quarts from the teakettle, served the purpose. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

How would they stand washtubs and boot heels? Queer Stories for Boys and Girls

The keeper paid the man for the lemonade the elephants had taken, and the man made another washtub full. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures

"Show us your nuggets as big as washtubs, Pink," grinned Clancy, "and I'm willing to begin to sprint." Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor

He must have been having a bath in the spring, which was almost as large as a washtub. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm

The women hang forever over the stove or the washtub, go into the stages to split the fish, or into the gardens to grow "'taties." Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour

Grandma said after they had a baby it would be seben weeks b’fore they would let them put their hands in a washtub. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3

Just outside the tent, was a lemonade stand, and on the ground by it was a big washtub full of pink lemonade, the kind they always sell at circuses. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures

"Pink dreamed of nuggets as big as washtubs," said the marveling Clancy, "and they were arranged like stepping-stones, and stretched from the professor's claim to Gold Hill." Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor

She came back to take orders from us for a patent glass washtub or something of the kind—and we sighed wearily. Homeburg Memories

You will never know what it is to properly accommodate your shoulders to a shirt, so brief will be its visit to your back ere it again go to the washtub. History of English Humour, Vol. 2

True spirituality can see the altar in the cookstove and the washtub. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals

Tum Tum heard what was said of him, but he only flapped his big ears, that were nearly the size of washtubs. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures

These pieces of ore are not nuggets, however, and if the whole golden trail was raked together, I don't believe it would come anywhere near filling even a small-sized washtub. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor

The visitor called early in the morning of the following day, and found Addie bent over her washtubs in the back yard. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4

Large water oaks furnish ample shade for the tidy yard where an old well, whose bucket hanging from a rickety windlass frame, was supplying water for two Negro women, who were leaning over washtubs. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3

My mistress and her daughters had to go to the kitchen and to the washtub. Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days

And if the clothesline doesn't try to jump rope with the Jack in the Box, and upset the washtub, I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and the pine cones. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

You know that you do not put much blueing into a washtub full of water. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future

Why, he has a washtub full of inventions. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside

The interior was a mêlée of washtubs, rickety chairs, babies, and flies. The River and I

It was a sight for the gods to see the military officers presiding at their washtubs on deck, and then hanging out their washing. Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf'

All he could smell was reminiscent of washtubs. The Voice in the Fog

The washtub was broken in pieces, and the bed was tipped over. The Beacon Second Reader

To the woman who was bending over the washtub he said: "Madam, I am the census-taker; how many children have you?" More Toasts

I hear you entertained all three of them at the washtub! Tracy Park

And this little boy had on red trousers, because, I guess, his blue ones were in the washtub. Uncle Wiggily's Travels

First he brought in a washtub full of milk and a bushel basket full of oatmeal. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

After that he turned his attention to the water buckets, the cowls, and washtubs. The Emperor of Portugalia

The sun, a flaming ball of fire, rose big as a washtub from the edge of the desert. A Man Four-Square

A Tracy has no business in a washtub.' Tracy Park

No kitty in the cupboard, no kitty in the china closet, no kitty in the washtubs, no kitty in the wood box! A Kindergarten Story Book

One for Grandfather Goosey Gander, and another, a tremendous big one, as large as a washtub, for the elephant, and a little one for himself. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

Senator Steve was rising from the flattened semblance of a washtub and feeling of himself tenderly. Partners of Chance

In the kitchen are washtubs and butter-ladles and bowls; and the lantern hanging by the chimney, with a dipped candle inside, has a carefully scraped horn face. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen

This familiar agency of the laundry is introduced into the solution of fibers with the same end in view that is sought in the washtub—to give the clear white color that is so desirable. A Book of Exposition

To ride in a kago is as pleasant as riding in a washtub or a coffin slung on a pole. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873

He raised up one of his big feet, which were about as large as a washtub full of clothes, on Monday morning, and he held it out to Uncle Wiggily. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

Just as we entered the square, a scuffle took place between two viragos about a disputed right to a washtub, and immediately the whole community was in a hubbub. Tales of a Traveller

They get tired of the same old sights—the same old dinner table, washtub, and sewing machine. Heart of the West [Annotated]

The mother comes in from the washtub, drying her hands. My Book of Indoor Games

Each boy's craft was a big washtub, which he was required to propel a certain distance without sinking it, the one who went the farthest being adjudged the winner. The Hilltop Boys on the River

Troughs served for washtubs, when wash tubs were used; and wooden ploughs broke up the virgin soil. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I

The seventy-two jars were untopped now, in a row on a board over the built-in washtub. The Vertical City

I had been dissatisfied with him from the beginning, first, because he was not a pirate, and also because he had left behind no relic more fitting than a washtub. Spanish Doubloons

The mother pretends to beat the eldest daughter, tells her to be more careful another time, and goes back to the washtub. My Book of Indoor Games

"I was never," he declares, "one of those wonderful fellows that would go afloat in a washtub for the sake of the fun." Old and New Masters

Did your mother use big, wooden washtubs with cut-out holes on each side for the fingers? Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives

It is not the destruction of towns and houses that impresses you most, but the misery expressed by that peasant woman over her washtub. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form

He was an effective speaker and actor, as one of his speeches, which he illustrated, imitating the poor wife at the washtub and the drunken husband reeling in, fully showed. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

Serve the ice-cream on wooden plates covered with lace paper doilies, and give as favors tiny wooden household articles such as dolls' rolling-pins, clothespins, barrels, washtubs, spinning wheels, and the like. Entertaining Made Easy

Two coloured women were digging in the gardens and another was busy over an out-of-door washtub. Virginia: the Old Dominion

Having helped to wash up—the young surgeons fell into queue before the washtubs—I went out into the courtyard again. The Soul of the War

The cellar of our house was filled, in winter, with barrels of apples, vegetables, salt meats, cider, butter, pounding barrels, washtubs, etc., offering admirable nooks for playing hide and seek. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

Long hours spent over the washtub, to eke out their scanty earnings, had rendered his wife—once the "Fay" of the "Love Songs"—both muscular and short-tempered. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919

We went to the washtub onliest way we all could live. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5

Nell transformed the washtubs into a bath by the removal of the centre partition, and within an hour was bathed and dressed. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

Instantly, the dishpan grew as large as a big washtub, and Ugu seated himself in it and grasped the two handles. The Lost Princess of Oz

But the little birdshot wouldn't even go through an old rusted out washtub. The Life of Me; an autobiography

That's where she spent her time over the washtub scrubbing people's dirty clothes. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life

Sometimes there were two washtubs full, and what they brought was worth having, for sure. Laddie; a true blue story

Determinedly Great Taylor put some things to soak and, closing down the top of the stationary washtubs, went to the window. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

But now for two months, she had had rheumatism in her arms, and was obliged to let the washtub alone. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Seats were improvised by means of boards stretched across inverted washtubs. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley

They got around behind her and the washtub, as though she could protect them. The Bark Covered House

At the corner of the street she took her seat by the side of the gutter, thinking herself at her washtub. L'Assommoir

Nell was leaning back against the washtubs, her sleeves rolled up, her head tilted quizzically, lips parted, while tints of colour ebbed and flowed in her throat and cheeks. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

It tasted so good that if the gods had known it they would have poured their nectar into the washtub. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth

I then cut the body in four pieces, and turned a large washtub over them. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

Just as we entered the square, a scuffle took place between two viragoes about a disputed right to a washtub, and immediately the whole community was in a hubbub. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography

On the floor lay the poor woman with her skirts drenched as she had come from the washtub, her hair streaming over her bloody face, uttering low groans at each kick the brute gave her. L'Assommoir

Then she remembered, and striking a match placed her cheek to the floor and found the grimy book beneath the stationary washtubs. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

On one long bench, were half a dozen washtubs; and on a table, near by, were a dozen more washtubs; and on a longer table not far away were six ironing boards, with smoothing irons. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

She had been called from the washtub, and, like a sensible woman, was not ashamed of her domestic occupation. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

"The thing will have to be stopped," he declared, standing with blazing eyes before her washtub. Windy McPherson's Son

It was� in a washtub three feet across and over a foot high. The Biography of a Rabbit

She looked at me and went all colours, and then she went back to her washtub. While the Billy Boils

It is oil, sugar water, bluing water in a washtub. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories

Below, the stuff flowed into enormous vats, like giants' washtubs, and was stirred and watered here for several days until the "values" had settled and were drawn off at the bottom. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond

I could repay all of the years mother has spent over the dreary washtub by just one long, hard grip at this lean throat. Windy McPherson's Son

We took our Saturday night bath in a large washtub by the kitchen stove. The Biography of a Rabbit

Hazel gave Foxy her supper and put her to bed in the old washtub where she slept. Gone to Earth

I'm not going to worry about anything; there are always washtubs," spoke Tommy cheerfully—"and thank you, all the same, Mr. Linton. Back to Billabong

The mother was at the washtub, the oldest daughter was ironing, the second getting supper of potatoes and indian meal bread, the third beauty was brushing the youngest beauty's hair. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives.

We fitted up a bathing-place in a brook, which somehow got appropriated at once by the company laundresses; but I had my revenge, for I took to bathing in the family washtub. Army Life in a Black Regiment

When I have the leisure to weave day-dreams, they centre around a cosy little home with a nice porch and stationary washtubs.' The Little Nugget

Though all else was in shadow, his large eyes shone with unnatural brightness, and followed his mother's feeble efforts at the washtub with that expression of premature sadness so pathetic in childhood. Barriers Burned Away

A captious critic has remarked that probably the old lady fell into her washtub. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers

After sleeping on wooden sofas and washtubs it was a voluptuous sight to see a bed with a mattress, a washstand…. Letters of Anton Chekhov

An' the last I saw of Bill Rees he was squirming about on top of the washtub like he was swimmin', an' the fat woman was sittin' on the ground shaking her fist at him. Three Soldiers

Each contestant supplies himself with an ordinary washtub. Healthful Sports for Boys

With a sickening horror he remembered that he had taken even the pittance she had wrung from that washtub, to feed, not his children, but his accursed appetite for drink. Barriers Burned Away

She was fond of her scrubbing, she enjoyed the washing of her dishes, she definitely entertained herself with the splash and soapy foam of her washtubs and the hearty smack and swing of her ironing. In the Closed Room

But immediately another argument would begin; it was impossible to persuade Corydon that diapers could be washed in cold water, even when one had the whole of the Great Lakes for a washtub. Love's Pilgrimage

However, the police contented themselves with kicking over the washtub and its contents, and took their departure, leaving Mrs. Yankovitch screaming in the midst of a flood. 100%: the Story of a Patriot

He'd take the pittance she had wrung from the washtub for drink, and then come back to repay her for it with blows and curses. Without a Home

"She was a tin washtub, and rusted like a sieve," jeered O'Neil. The Iron Trail

And if anybody finds her over the washtub Monday morning no one thinks the worse of her for it. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.

That something else was the washtub; over which, and the ironing-table, she toiled early and late, often ready to sink to the floor from exhaustion. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life

This stirred his imagination to such a pitch that he commanded Jane to bring up the matutinal washtub to his bedroom. The Fortunate Youth

When a bathtub is not available, take the morning cold rub in the following manner: Stand in an empty washtub. Nature Cure

Mrs. Fink had the stationary washtubs in the kitchen filled with a two weeks' wash that had been soaking overnight. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million

My lad, the washtub is a saddle as won't carry double. Foul Play

She found paper and pencil, took a small Holy Bible, and stole back to the tool-house where grandpa kept his garden things and grandma her washtubs. Missy

One time, it bein' Saturday, his wife wanted him to pump the washtub full and take a bath. Cy Whittaker's Place

The sitz bath is best taken in the regular sitz bathtub made for the purpose, but an ordinary bathtub or a washtub or pan may be used with equally good effect. Nature Cure

"Go down to the sea and tell your fish that I must have a new washtub." The Junior Classics — Volume 1

Early in the week the court was hid in a choking, soapy mist, which arose from innumerable washtubs. Urban Sketches

She stayed out there a long time, seated on an upturned washtub; read the Holy Bible for awhile; then became absorbed in the ecstasies of composition. Missy

As it chanced a washtub filled with pink lemonade that had been prepared for the thirsty crowds stood directly in the lad's path. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark

Seth did not care for swimming; the washtub every Saturday night furnished him with baths sufficient. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights

He seemed quite willing to grant the new request, and on his return home the old man found a beautiful new washtub in the small yard at the back of their cabin. The Junior Classics — Volume 1

Me and Jim-Bo and Hi climbed up on the roof with the washtubs and hammers while the rest of the boys and all of the girls were easing their way up through the hall. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!

She hurried back to the kitchen, telling herself that Marguerite shouldn't be disturbed at her washtubs. Missy

Also, on each landing there is a medley of boxes, chairs, and dilapidated wardrobes; while the windows have had most of their panes shattered, and everywhere stand washtubs filled with dirt, litter, eggshells, and fish-bladders. Poor Folk

"They didn't even offer me a washtub, dear," he confessed. The Zeppelin's Passenger

She was picked up unconscious, and you nursed her till she was well, and bathed her children in the washtubs. The Sea-Gull

And we took along everything we could lay our hands on: cow bells, washtubs, five or six syrup buckets with rocks in 'em! Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!

Missy awoke with a head that felt as big as a washtub, painfully laborious breath, and a wild impulse to sneeze every other minute. Missy

They get tired of the same old sights--the same old dinner table, washtub, and sewing machine. Heart of the West

A woman was bending over a washtub at the back part of the room. Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp

Saxon got a sackful of the fish, and was compelled to make two trips in order to carry them home, where she salted them down in a wooden washtubs. The Valley of the Moon

True, it was only a common washtub that she placed on the kitchen floor and filled by hand; but it was a luxury that had taken her twenty-four years to achieve. The Valley of the Moon

All she'd done was to put a washtub on the ground square under the demijohn. The Valley of the Moon

单词	washtub
例句	washtub Next to the boiler was a pair of soapstone washtubs with a hinged wooden cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It fell into the washtub, but rose back into her hands a moment later. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The boom jerked back and forth, ropes flopped like sick snakes, the sails looked sloppy and loose, and she rolled from side to side on the smallest swell or wave like an old washtub. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami ran me to the washtub and dunked me among my father’s soaking shirts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Just as he was leaving, his foot bumped against the washtub, which gave a not-so-hollow sound. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We now even had a couple of blankets, a leaky washtub and a baby’s crib. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When Gussie saw her, he threw the dice, with which he had been playing, under the washtubs and trotted over for feeding. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Perilee’s condition made bending over the washboard and washtub awkward and uncomfortable. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She turned back to the washtub, still with this strange sadness on her face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z First it was a rug, then a washtub, then a lamp with a colored silk shade. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She filled a clean washtub with cold water from the spring, and she dipped the corn out of the kettle into the tub. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to get into that washtub over there.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a long, rolling clang, as though the washtub had been flung across the yard, and then a confusion of angry shouts which ended in a yell of pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The cars had old chairs and sewing machines and washtubs tied to their roofs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She stood over the washtub, her arms wet and soapy to the elbows and sweat standing on her brow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Baths: The washtub is available to aU residents after 9 A.M. on Sundays. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Our washtub, where we occasionally did a proper laundry, followed by a proper bath, was outside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “He probably will just have the bartender fill up two washtubs and call that two drinks,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the winch that pulls the line of pots up from the floor of the Chesapeake is a large washtub. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If I don’t end up in that foul hotel courtyard with my head in a tin washtub it will be a blooming miracle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z More of a porch, really, with a black cookstove, a washtub, and a cot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She lifted little May out of her dreaming and ran and put her in the old metal washtub. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Becky was off in search of a seamstress, so Ruth helped me haul the water to the washtub in the backyard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the washtub cover and threw the gun into the water in which some soiled clothes were soaking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Women washed their rags in leaky, rusted washtubs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes—just about,” my mother said, beckoning me to get out of the washtub. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Hannah noticed that one of the camp babies was still cradled in a washtub. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, after adjusting to the diminished light, they stare at a desk with an inkwell at its top, a soot-stained fireplace, a washtub, a short, narrow bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The washtub, where his mother had been washing earlier, was open still, and filled the kitchen with a sour smell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She gives a nervous glance at her empty washtub. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I sighed loudly, put my dishes in the washtub, and tucked my hair into my mob cap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while I unpacked my duffel, he went outside and returned with a large metal washtub. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She took precious time, not aware of what she was doing, to set the cake of yellow soap on the washtub cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We came upon an old woman sitting in her garden in a washtub like Diogenes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There seemed to be no hour of daylight when she was not marching to and fro between the washtub and the line, alternately gagging herself with clothes pegs and breaking forth into lusty song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It took Katie a long time to remember that she had thrown it into the washtub. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a genuine bottle with a real cork, not the stuff the bartender usually ladled out of a washtub. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But before long he came hurrying back, hitched the horses to the wagon, threw in his ax, the two washtubs, the wash-boiler and all the pails and wooden buckets there were. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the downpour though, and a good bit of it has collected in a washtub near the chopping stump. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in the yard the red-armed woman was still marching to and fro between the washtub and the line. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The soap in the washtub burned my skin, and Mami scrubbed me so hard her fingernails dug angry furrows into my arms and legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They never get as clean as Mama could get them with her washtub. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Staring down into the drowned washtub grill fire, did my father wonder why the city exploded that day, of all days? When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Four decades later, The Kweskin band featured the jug playing of Fritz Richmond, considered a virtuoso on both the jug and the washtub bass. Jug band duo Muldaur, Kweskin return to their roots 2010-12-07T23:04:00Z But their antics fueled an enduring run, starting in 1958 when they were booked at Disneyland: singing, dancing and playing homemade instruments like a tin-can xylophone, a washtub bass and tuned skillets. Bill Skiles, Frantic Clown to a Straight Man, Dies at 79 2011-05-19T01:01:07Z He poured a jug of water over the fire in the washtub grill, and crouched to stare into the embers. When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Stage a royal welcome by hanging lanterns from shepherd hooks anchored in galvanized washtubs planted with ivy. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z Indoor pictures show her crouched over a washtub, a more aloof and limber version of one of Degas’s bathers. Art Review: ?Snapshot: Painters and Photography,? at Phillips Collection 2012-04-06T00:25:38Z The pan was roughly the size of a No. 2 washtub and, in time, was burnished almost gold by the rendering fat of so many slowly roasting, lovely birds. Perspective \| One thing made the difference for Momma’s turkey: Her magic pan 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Old Salt Farm shares step-by-step instructions on how to create a washtub planter perfect for holding an array of pretty flowers or even an herb garden. Get creative and enjoy the outdoors with these summer crafts \| Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z State and federal lawmakers want their potential tax revenues, just as the federal “revenuers” did from homemade distilleries and washtubs filled with gin. Marijuana gangs are hippie-dippie happy 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Excruciatingly thin toddlers, eyes bulging, sat in a plastic washtub used in a make-shift scale as nurses weighed them one by one. In a remote district, starving Yemenis live off leaves 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z “We went down, and we put the dehumidifier in the washtubs and did stuff like that.” 40 years after flood, former Robindale residents reunite 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z He turned cafeteria trays into oversize petri dishes and used electrical supplies and an infant washtub to build a device to force genetic material into cells. Oliver Smithies, Tinkerer Who Transformed Genetics and Won a Nobel, Dies at 91 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z He brought out a washtub in which the flag could be scrubbed in a symbolic cleansing of the nation’s ills. John R. Coleman, college president who walked in others’ shoes, dies at 95 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z The pavilion-like building is designed with crab-eaters in mind: There are two metal washtubs in the middle of the room for washing crab spice from your hands after eating. Where to get steamed crabs in the Washington region 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The sign, dating to 1928, shows a washwoman at a washtub. Rapid City’s history in neon to be preserved 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z He said said his wife kept baby Dealeryn in a washtub when she was doing her household chores. Nairobi building collapse: Miracle baby's mother dies in rubble - BBC News 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The baby was found unharmed in a washtub, said Pius Masai of the National Disaster Management Unit, which is coordinating the rescue mission. World Digest: May 3, 2016 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Carver moved in a cookstove, bed, cupboard, table and chairs and washtub and flat iron into the 14-square-foot soddy. Ness County celebrates George Washington Carver’s legacy 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Over the faint thump of a washtub bass and a guitar playing the blues, a narrator mocks Mr. Rubio’s shifting stances on immigration. Ad Backing Jeb Bush Calls Marco Rubio Untrustworthy on Immigration 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z A washtub over the trap with the usual appliances of a washroom standing around, completing the hiding.” Secret network in Kansas helped blacks escape slavery 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z If you stir water in a big washtub with a chopstick, nothing happens first. Hiroshima: 70 Years After the Atomic Bomb 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z “Took a bath in a big iron washtub.” GOP’s Lindsey Graham sees an opening as antagonist to Rand Paul 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Or perhaps the divers could simply be trained to land in one of those itty-bitty washtubs, the way they used to at the circus. In U.S., Boston, Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco Vie for 2024 Olympic Bid 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z “Even the comparison with the Titanic isn’t right, because this didn’t take place on the high seas, but practically in a washtub,” he said. Memo From Rome: Italians Embrace a Hero After Cruise Ship Accident 2012-01-20T02:22:46Z My own hands have earned ’em over de washtub. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z And as for a dozen sets of underclothes, that won't wear once they see the washtub, they look foolish to me. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z A comment was made on the keeping of the washtub under the kitchen table. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z A cot placed between the oil can and the washtub on a dingy back porch is very dismal and bound to have a depressing effect on the sleeper. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z Not one of them ever built a boat in his life before, and I'm sure it looked a deal more like a big washtub with a cover on than a ship. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Yiss, yiss, Deacon Roberts, there has many a chapel been built out of a washtub, an' many a prayer risen up from the suds! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Especially significant is it that a large per cent of the white matrons in the country have at last discarded the negro laundry-woman and habitually themselves use the washtub for their families. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z We carry up an army of buckets and basins and washtubs to catch the rain in the attic. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z May made a second trip for some pictures in broken frames—also a washtub and old tools that had been found in the loft. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z And if she looked, as Captain Cathie admitted, something of a cross between a washtub and a patchwork quilt, she was undoubtedly built strong and would stand a good deal of knocking about. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z But the general impression was pleasant, partly because he always looked as if he had that moment emerged as speckless as his surplices from Mrs. Nicholls' washtub. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z A drum circle grew at the western end of the park, while a band featuring a washtub bass entertained crowds on the eastern side. City Room: Sunday in Zuccotti Park, With Entertainment and a Celebrity Entertainer, or Two 2011-10-17T01:58:04Z And she sang, "My mother is a washerwoman, And but a ballad girl am I, And when a sweetheart comes to woo, Away I to the washtub fly." For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z He had an armful of white, silky, inside leaves of cornhusks closely packed together, and these he submerged in a washtub full of water, in the back-yard, placing stones on them to hold them down. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z In early childhood, the governor and his older sister, Milla, lived with their parents in a simple though spacious wooden bungalow with a washtub on the porch. Paint Creek, Tex., Remembers Rick Perry 2011-09-19T02:27:41Z The hullabaloo of the dogs and children brought the mothers to the cabin doors, or around from their washtubs at the rear of the cabins. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Persons who wanted an "all-over bath," went to a barber shop for it, if they lived in a city, and, if they lived elsewhere, went without it, or pressed a family washtub into friendly service. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Cassy fell over a stack of washtubs, and called on all the saints to help her. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z “Poorly controlled, despite the notorious power vertical, it’s thoroughly rotten, and therefore allows for operation of these leaky washtubs.” Corruption Eyed in Russian Boat Sinking 2011-07-12T18:21:32Z She was the strangest looking craft that had ever been seen, and has been likened to a big washtub turned upside down and floating on the water. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z But the Tudor post-work scrub meant taking advantage of nature's washtub in the nearest pond or river. 10 strange ways Tudors died 2011-06-14T10:02:59Z She had the figure of a washtub, but her face was kind. Little Erik of Sweden 2011-06-07T02:00:12.210Z They might have come out of the washtub. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z “What Mrs. Shannon will say when she sees her two washtubs floating off like that, I don’t know,” sighed Henrietta, after they were all ashore. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z I'll never throw my education away by bending over a washtub or by moving about in a white man's kitchen. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The ladies-maids, who were expected to do all the fine muslins, &c., themselves, had also always to be at the washtubs at three A.M.—by candlelight. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Mrs. Baker had a fig nursery in de front yard and we would go and pick washtubs of figs. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Finally a stout, smiling woman appeared, wiping her hands—from the washtub, I judge. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Mrs. Shannon would never see her washtubs again. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z It is now about eleven o'clock in the day, and Mrs. Mollie Marston, Margaret's mother, is standing before a washtub, with huge piles of dirty clothes all about her. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z There had been a fall of snow; the roofs were white, and he even recognised in the yard outside a washtub which had caused him to stumble after dark the evening before. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The Weppners run a 100-foot garden hose from the washtub in the laundry room — the spigot outside is frozen — through the kitchen and the family room, outside to the rink. 2010-02-11T07:32:00Z Before George came in sight of the house he heard a rubbing, slapping noise, and with a new distaste pictured his mother bending over a washtub, suggesting a different barrier to be leaped. The Guarded Heights There were two wooden washtubs in which the Costello twins voyaged. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z Before day dawned on a Monday morning, and while night yet frowned his blackest on Saturday night, she was found either at the washtub or ironing board, striving to make her "pints meet." Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The Lord knows, she had to work hard enough, but you never saw her rinsing the washtub suds from her hands and coming to the door with her sleeves rolled up—not at all. The Night Operator 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 As if to emphasize the occasion, his mother deserted her washtub, served his breakfast herself, stood about in helpless attitudes. The Guarded Heights Grass Stains—Saturate the spot thoroughly with kerosene, then put them in the washtub. Civic League Cook Book God loves an honest heart, even when the frame that contains it is bending over the washtub. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The last thing you'd ever think there was in the house was a washtub. The Night Operator Filling the washtub, she plunged Hertha's white dress in the water and worked furiously to obliterate the dark stains. The Shadow Then the little black kitten ran over to the washtubs and, jumping on a stool, turned the hot-water faucet. Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse One single theme kept rolling around like a pea in a washtub; just what had happened to that television set and those jukeboxes? Cue for Quiet A troop of dirty-faced children was in the yard, and in the corner was a pile of other household incumbrances, consisting principally of mops and washtubs. The Witches of New York I saw my mother work over the washtub until her hands were bloody that I and my little brother might have bread and my virtue be protected. Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls Flat on the beach sat Katherine, her feet straight out in front of her and a tin washtub upside down on her head, completely hiding the upper half of her. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars She could not have crawled through her own washtub if she had knocked the bottom out of it. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Without interrupting her work, and later as she toiled, at her washtub, the good woman launched forth in lengthy praise of Hugo. The Peace of Roaring River I replied that she was always in her kitchen and generally in her washtub, except when she went to funerals. The Romance of a Plain Man While warm and comfortable herself, the pampered mistress of the family gave no thought to the dangerous exposure to which she subjected this slave of the washtub. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 I did mention it to his wife, who failed to understand my scruples, and replied, 'They meets in the washtub, and why not on the line?' and in truth, why not? East of the Shadows Here wuz a Victoria lily in its full beauty, the dark green leaves edged with brown and red, as big round as our washtub, and turned up on the edges about two inches. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife On the washtub—covered admirably with linoleum—at which she sat, were the cheque for a thousand dollars and the bid from the vaudeville man. The Paliser case But if he keeps up this low anarchistic talk about dragging me to a washtub––oh, it’s too absurd!––I’m going to Reno and be done with all of it.” The Gorgeous Girl When she first failed to take her usual two-days' stand at the washtub, they inquired the reason of her absence, but there all concern ended. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 David went into the little kitchen, where a woman was bending wearily over a washtub. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West The husbands and sweethearts of the few remaining colored washladies having procured jobs at the camp and the women themselves receiving liberal offers at other occupations, deserted the washtub. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Take as many as would fill a large washtub, sprinkle a pound of fine salt over them, and stir them well, about once a day, until they are thoroughly dried, without falling to pieces. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Another man hung around a week, and raided a grocery store, filling washtubs with groceries, cloth, and shoes—went away in a skiff. The River Prophet Pails, washtubs, bathtubs, and even dishes of paper can be easily found. Makers of Many Things Ruhannah frowned and cast a tragic glance upon the tin washtub on the kitchen floor. The Dark Star Let me paint the picture of the mother at the washtub, just recovering from the birth of her last child as the Empress. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II “The aluminum dishpan and the galvanized iron washtub—what are they doing by the side of you on both sides on the sidewalk?” Rootabaga Stories "You'll have to use a washtub for the punch, to make enough for all of them," said Patsy. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts To stand at a washtub and wash his clothes, if it were wanted. The Vicar of Bullhampton How, then, shall I make you understand the real human loves and sorrows that often have play in a girl's heart, where there are no better stage fittings than stationary washtubs and kitchen ranges? Duffels 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 Then the man in overalls took a shovel and began shoveling silver dollars out of the wheelbarrow into the aluminum dishpan and the galvanized iron washtub. Rootabaga Stories Water-tank, sink, washtubs, and bathtubs can be cast in concrete and given a smooth finish. Diggers in the Earth As it came slipping from cloud to cloud, as round as the washtub, and nearly as large, it seemed to Johnnie to have a face that he could see plainly. The Rich Little Poor Boy Instantly the dishpan grew as large as a big washtub and Ugu seated himself in it and grasped the two handles. The Lost Princess of Oz And cluttered around them, farm machinery, washtubs, and all the other junk that could be left outdoors, with countless barrels for hauling water, and the inevitable pile of tin cans. Land of the Burnt Thigh He shoveled out of the wheelbarrow till the dishpan was full, till the washtub was full. Rootabaga Stories The woman at the washtub did not reverence strikes or understand the labour movement. Lady Bountiful There were disputes between freakish ships when craft with the astrogational qualities of washtubs tried to keep assigned positions, and failed, and there were squabbles when ships had to pass close together. The Pirates of Ersatz All sail was taken in, and our big ship ran before the wind, tossed about as if she were a mere washtub. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Even such a prosaic article as a washtub, borrowing luster from the season's witchery and in shining blue dress became a thing to covet and dream about. Carl and the Cotton Gin By the side of him on the left side on the sidewalk he put a galvanized iron washtub, and on the right side an aluminum dishpan. Rootabaga Stories When her husband died she took plain sewing to do for a time, but couldn't earn enough at it to keep her family from want, so she turned to the washtubs. Heart of Gold He laughed with glee when his mother used to put him into the washtub, and howled with rage when she took him out. The Battle and the Breeze Ailwin called down-stairs to Oliver, to say that there was a washtub floating about in the room they had slept in. The Settlers at Home Mrs. Narnay came to the door, too, her arms right out of the washtub; but Janice begged her not to inconvenience herself. How Janice Day Won I have to carry home a heavy load of money to-night, an aluminum dishpan full of silver dollars and a galvanized iron washtub full of silver dollars. Rootabaga Stories Whether I sat in a stuffed chair or on a nailkeg or an inverted washtub it was always equally agreeable to me. The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach We got there at last, and she fell to work over a washtub to earn the bread for the hungry mouths. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. One day a lot of Sioux Indians who were on their way to fight the Chippewas borrowed my sister's washtub to mix the paint in for painting them up. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Then the former lay down to take the prescribed nap, and the latter set her washtub on a box in the yard beneath the peach trees. The Long Roll The women worked in the houses, in the dairies and kitchens, at the spinning-wheel and washtub. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth The chance seemed heaven-sent to the poor young creature, who had nearly succumbed before her heavy toil at the washtub, for she was too delicately formed for such labors. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Among other effects it caused Mrs Lynch to stagger and catch hold of the washtub, which, far from supporting her, let her fall to the ground, and fell on the top of her. The Island Queen On the ground outside is a big washtub, full of pink lemonade. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures She found a little girl of twelve standing on a stool over a washtub. Civics and Health It is related that Henry Clay's mother furnished him with books by her own earnings at the washtub. Pushing to the Front This earthen trough was nothing more nor less than a washtub of the sort in common local use. The Bibliotaph and Other People The bigger boys built up the walls, set in the round windows of ice, which were frozen each night in washtubs and brought carefully to the castle. The Corner House Girls at School The two elephants sucked up all the pink lemonade from the washtub near the stand outside the tent. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures A coarse gritty texture is peculiar to smalt, whether it be the Powder Blue of the washtub and Blue Sand of the pottery, or the Dumont's and Royal Blue of the artist and high-class manufacturer. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The maid at the washtub remarked, as her mistress stepped to the door with basket and scissors to gather flowers. Some Three Hundred Years Ago Jim and I will take a hand drill, dynamite, fuse and caps into the gorge, and bust out a space about as big as a washtub, while you and Landy are unpacking your plunder. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story As he glanced uneasily around the room, his eyes chanced to fall on a little object lying on the edge of the shelf just above the washtub. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Your elephants took all my pink lemonade, from the washtub where I had ice in it! Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures The poets who composed the mele for a king have been spoken of as "the king's washtubs." Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula When the hippopotamus opened his mouth it looked big enough to hold a washtub. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home The family washtub, brought to the kitchen of a Saturday night, and filled with well water tempered slightly by a few quarts from the teakettle, served the purpose. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's How would they stand washtubs and boot heels? Queer Stories for Boys and Girls The keeper paid the man for the lemonade the elephants had taken, and the man made another washtub full. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures "Show us your nuggets as big as washtubs, Pink," grinned Clancy, "and I'm willing to begin to sprint." Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor He must have been having a bath in the spring, which was almost as large as a washtub. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm The women hang forever over the stove or the washtub, go into the stages to split the fish, or into the gardens to grow "'taties." Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Grandma said after they had a baby it would be seben weeks b’fore they would let them put their hands in a washtub. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Just outside the tent, was a lemonade stand, and on the ground by it was a big washtub full of pink lemonade, the kind they always sell at circuses. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures "Pink dreamed of nuggets as big as washtubs," said the marveling Clancy, "and they were arranged like stepping-stones, and stretched from the professor's claim to Gold Hill." Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor She came back to take orders from us for a patent glass washtub or something of the kind—and we sighed wearily. Homeburg Memories You will never know what it is to properly accommodate your shoulders to a shirt, so brief will be its visit to your back ere it again go to the washtub. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 True spirituality can see the altar in the cookstove and the washtub. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Tum Tum heard what was said of him, but he only flapped his big ears, that were nearly the size of washtubs. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures These pieces of ore are not nuggets, however, and if the whole golden trail was raked together, I don't believe it would come anywhere near filling even a small-sized washtub. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor The visitor called early in the morning of the following day, and found Addie bent over her washtubs in the back yard. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Large water oaks furnish ample shade for the tidy yard where an old well, whose bucket hanging from a rickety windlass frame, was supplying water for two Negro women, who were leaning over washtubs. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 My mistress and her daughters had to go to the kitchen and to the washtub. Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days And if the clothesline doesn't try to jump rope with the Jack in the Box, and upset the washtub, I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and the pine cones. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods You know that you do not put much blueing into a washtub full of water. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future Why, he has a washtub full of inventions. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The interior was a mêlée of washtubs, rickety chairs, babies, and flies. The River and I It was a sight for the gods to see the military officers presiding at their washtubs on deck, and then hanging out their washing. Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' All he could smell was reminiscent of washtubs. The Voice in the Fog The washtub was broken in pieces, and the bed was tipped over. The Beacon Second Reader To the woman who was bending over the washtub he said: "Madam, I am the census-taker; how many children have you?" More Toasts I hear you entertained all three of them at the washtub! Tracy Park And this little boy had on red trousers, because, I guess, his blue ones were in the washtub. Uncle Wiggily's Travels First he brought in a washtub full of milk and a bushel basket full of oatmeal. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures After that he turned his attention to the water buckets, the cowls, and washtubs. The Emperor of Portugalia The sun, a flaming ball of fire, rose big as a washtub from the edge of the desert. A Man Four-Square A Tracy has no business in a washtub.' Tracy Park No kitty in the cupboard, no kitty in the china closet, no kitty in the washtubs, no kitty in the wood box! A Kindergarten Story Book One for Grandfather Goosey Gander, and another, a tremendous big one, as large as a washtub, for the elephant, and a little one for himself. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures Senator Steve was rising from the flattened semblance of a washtub and feeling of himself tenderly. Partners of Chance In the kitchen are washtubs and butter-ladles and bowls; and the lantern hanging by the chimney, with a dipped candle inside, has a carefully scraped horn face. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen This familiar agency of the laundry is introduced into the solution of fibers with the same end in view that is sought in the washtub—to give the clear white color that is so desirable. A Book of Exposition To ride in a kago is as pleasant as riding in a washtub or a coffin slung on a pole. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 He raised up one of his big feet, which were about as large as a washtub full of clothes, on Monday morning, and he held it out to Uncle Wiggily. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures Just as we entered the square, a scuffle took place between two viragos about a disputed right to a washtub, and immediately the whole community was in a hubbub. Tales of a Traveller They get tired of the same old sights—the same old dinner table, washtub, and sewing machine. Heart of the West [Annotated] The mother comes in from the washtub, drying her hands. My Book of Indoor Games Each boy's craft was a big washtub, which he was required to propel a certain distance without sinking it, the one who went the farthest being adjudged the winner. The Hilltop Boys on the River Troughs served for washtubs, when wash tubs were used; and wooden ploughs broke up the virgin soil. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I The seventy-two jars were untopped now, in a row on a board over the built-in washtub. The Vertical City I had been dissatisfied with him from the beginning, first, because he was not a pirate, and also because he had left behind no relic more fitting than a washtub. Spanish Doubloons The mother pretends to beat the eldest daughter, tells her to be more careful another time, and goes back to the washtub. My Book of Indoor Games "I was never," he declares, "one of those wonderful fellows that would go afloat in a washtub for the sake of the fun." Old and New Masters Did your mother use big, wooden washtubs with cut-out holes on each side for the fingers? Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives It is not the destruction of towns and houses that impresses you most, but the misery expressed by that peasant woman over her washtub. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He was an effective speaker and actor, as one of his speeches, which he illustrated, imitating the poor wife at the washtub and the drunken husband reeling in, fully showed. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Serve the ice-cream on wooden plates covered with lace paper doilies, and give as favors tiny wooden household articles such as dolls' rolling-pins, clothespins, barrels, washtubs, spinning wheels, and the like. Entertaining Made Easy Two coloured women were digging in the gardens and another was busy over an out-of-door washtub. Virginia: the Old Dominion Did your mother use big, wooden washtubs with cut-out holes on each side for the fingers? Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Having helped to wash up—the young surgeons fell into queue before the washtubs—I went out into the courtyard again. The Soul of the War The cellar of our house was filled, in winter, with barrels of apples, vegetables, salt meats, cider, butter, pounding barrels, washtubs, etc., offering admirable nooks for playing hide and seek. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Long hours spent over the washtub, to eke out their scanty earnings, had rendered his wife—once the "Fay" of the "Love Songs"—both muscular and short-tempered. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 We went to the washtub onliest way we all could live. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Nell transformed the washtubs into a bath by the removal of the centre partition, and within an hour was bathed and dressed. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Instantly, the dishpan grew as large as a big washtub, and Ugu seated himself in it and grasped the two handles. The Lost Princess of Oz But the little birdshot wouldn't even go through an old rusted out washtub. The Life of Me; an autobiography That's where she spent her time over the washtub scrubbing people's dirty clothes. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Sometimes there were two washtubs full, and what they brought was worth having, for sure. Laddie; a true blue story Determinedly Great Taylor put some things to soak and, closing down the top of the stationary washtubs, went to the window. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 But now for two months, she had had rheumatism in her arms, and was obliged to let the washtub alone. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Seats were improvised by means of boards stretched across inverted washtubs. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley They got around behind her and the washtub, as though she could protect them. The Bark Covered House At the corner of the street she took her seat by the side of the gutter, thinking herself at her washtub. L'Assommoir Nell was leaning back against the washtubs, her sleeves rolled up, her head tilted quizzically, lips parted, while tints of colour ebbed and flowed in her throat and cheeks. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 It tasted so good that if the gods had known it they would have poured their nectar into the washtub. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth I then cut the body in four pieces, and turned a large washtub over them. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Just as we entered the square, a scuffle took place between two viragoes about a disputed right to a washtub, and immediately the whole community was in a hubbub. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography On the floor lay the poor woman with her skirts drenched as she had come from the washtub, her hair streaming over her bloody face, uttering low groans at each kick the brute gave her. L'Assommoir Then she remembered, and striking a match placed her cheek to the floor and found the grimy book beneath the stationary washtubs. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 On one long bench, were half a dozen washtubs; and on a table, near by, were a dozen more washtubs; and on a longer table not far away were six ironing boards, with smoothing irons. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks She had been called from the washtub, and, like a sensible woman, was not ashamed of her domestic occupation. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush "The thing will have to be stopped," he declared, standing with blazing eyes before her washtub. Windy McPherson's Son It was� in a washtub three feet across and over a foot high. The Biography of a Rabbit She looked at me and went all colours, and then she went back to her washtub. While the Billy Boils It is oil, sugar water, bluing water in a washtub. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories Below, the stuff flowed into enormous vats, like giants' washtubs, and was stirred and watered here for several days until the "values" had settled and were drawn off at the bottom. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond I could repay all of the years mother has spent over the dreary washtub by just one long, hard grip at this lean throat. Windy McPherson's Son We took our Saturday night bath in a large washtub by the kitchen stove. The Biography of a Rabbit Hazel gave Foxy her supper and put her to bed in the old washtub where she slept. Gone to Earth I'm not going to worry about anything; there are always washtubs," spoke Tommy cheerfully—"and thank you, all the same, Mr. Linton. Back to Billabong The mother was at the washtub, the oldest daughter was ironing, the second getting supper of potatoes and indian meal bread, the third beauty was brushing the youngest beauty's hair. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. We fitted up a bathing-place in a brook, which somehow got appropriated at once by the company laundresses; but I had my revenge, for I took to bathing in the family washtub. Army Life in a Black Regiment When I have the leisure to weave day-dreams, they centre around a cosy little home with a nice porch and stationary washtubs.' The Little Nugget Though all else was in shadow, his large eyes shone with unnatural brightness, and followed his mother's feeble efforts at the washtub with that expression of premature sadness so pathetic in childhood. Barriers Burned Away A captious critic has remarked that probably the old lady fell into her washtub. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers After sleeping on wooden sofas and washtubs it was a voluptuous sight to see a bed with a mattress, a washstand…. Letters of Anton Chekhov An' the last I saw of Bill Rees he was squirming about on top of the washtub like he was swimmin', an' the fat woman was sittin' on the ground shaking her fist at him. Three Soldiers Each contestant supplies himself with an ordinary washtub. Healthful Sports for Boys With a sickening horror he remembered that he had taken even the pittance she had wrung from that washtub, to feed, not his children, but his accursed appetite for drink. Barriers Burned Away She was fond of her scrubbing, she enjoyed the washing of her dishes, she definitely entertained herself with the splash and soapy foam of her washtubs and the hearty smack and swing of her ironing. In the Closed Room But immediately another argument would begin; it was impossible to persuade Corydon that diapers could be washed in cold water, even when one had the whole of the Great Lakes for a washtub. Love's Pilgrimage However, the police contented themselves with kicking over the washtub and its contents, and took their departure, leaving Mrs. Yankovitch screaming in the midst of a flood. 100%: the Story of a Patriot He'd take the pittance she had wrung from the washtub for drink, and then come back to repay her for it with blows and curses. Without a Home "She was a tin washtub, and rusted like a sieve," jeered O'Neil. The Iron Trail And if anybody finds her over the washtub Monday morning no one thinks the worse of her for it. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. That something else was the washtub; over which, and the ironing-table, she toiled early and late, often ready to sink to the floor from exhaustion. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life This stirred his imagination to such a pitch that he commanded Jane to bring up the matutinal washtub to his bedroom. The Fortunate Youth When a bathtub is not available, take the morning cold rub in the following manner: Stand in an empty washtub. Nature Cure Mrs. Fink had the stationary washtubs in the kitchen filled with a two weeks' wash that had been soaking overnight. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million My lad, the washtub is a saddle as won't carry double. Foul Play She found paper and pencil, took a small Holy Bible, and stole back to the tool-house where grandpa kept his garden things and grandma her washtubs. Missy One time, it bein' Saturday, his wife wanted him to pump the washtub full and take a bath. Cy Whittaker's Place The sitz bath is best taken in the regular sitz bathtub made for the purpose, but an ordinary bathtub or a washtub or pan may be used with equally good effect. Nature Cure "Go down to the sea and tell your fish that I must have a new washtub." The Junior Classics — Volume 1 Early in the week the court was hid in a choking, soapy mist, which arose from innumerable washtubs. Urban Sketches She stayed out there a long time, seated on an upturned washtub; read the Holy Bible for awhile; then became absorbed in the ecstasies of composition. Missy As it chanced a washtub filled with pink lemonade that had been prepared for the thirsty crowds stood directly in the lad's path. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Seth did not care for swimming; the washtub every Saturday night furnished him with baths sufficient. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights He seemed quite willing to grant the new request, and on his return home the old man found a beautiful new washtub in the small yard at the back of their cabin. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 Me and Jim-Bo and Hi climbed up on the roof with the washtubs and hammers while the rest of the boys and all of the girls were easing their way up through the hall. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! She hurried back to the kitchen, telling herself that Marguerite shouldn't be disturbed at her washtubs. Missy Also, on each landing there is a medley of boxes, chairs, and dilapidated wardrobes; while the windows have had most of their panes shattered, and everywhere stand washtubs filled with dirt, litter, eggshells, and fish-bladders. Poor Folk "They didn't even offer me a washtub, dear," he confessed. The Zeppelin's Passenger She was picked up unconscious, and you nursed her till she was well, and bathed her children in the washtubs. The Sea-Gull And we took along everything we could lay our hands on: cow bells, washtubs, five or six syrup buckets with rocks in 'em! Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! Missy awoke with a head that felt as big as a washtub, painfully laborious breath, and a wild impulse to sneeze every other minute. Missy They get tired of the same old sights--the same old dinner table, washtub, and sewing machine. Heart of the West A woman was bending over a washtub at the back part of the room. Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp Saxon got a sackful of the fish, and was compelled to make two trips in order to carry them home, where she salted them down in a wooden washtubs. The Valley of the Moon True, it was only a common washtub that she placed on the kitchen floor and filled by hand; but it was a luxury that had taken her twenty-four years to achieve. The Valley of the Moon All she'd done was to put a washtub on the ground square under the demijohn. The Valley of the Moon
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