English regional (northern). A washerwoman's dolly.
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释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > stick to stir washing (8) maiden1752 English regional (northern). A washerwoman's dolly. dolly1793 Applied to various contrivances fancied to resemble a doll in some way. dialect. A wooden appliance with two arms, and legs or feet, used to stir… doll1841 = dolly, n.1 4a. peggy1860 Scottish and English regional (northern). A wooden implement used to stir and pound clothes in a washtub; = dolly, n.1 4a. Now historical and rare. dolly peg1879 a wooden implement, shaped like a stool with a long handle projecting upwards from it, used for agitating clothes in a wash-tub; = sense 4 above; cf… maid1882 regional. A washerwoman's dolly; = maiden, n. 7b. poting stick1892 English regional (Devon). A stick for stirring clothes while washing at high temperatures. Cf. pote, v. 3. rare. potstick1922 A stick for stirring the contents of a pot or tub; spec. (chiefly Irish English and Scottish) one for stirring porridge cooked in a large pot. |
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