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U.S. A hardwood board, with a fluted surface or covered with corrugated zinc, on which clothes are rubbed in washing.
In various specific applications. A rotating hollow cylindrical component in a washing machine, tumble dryer, etc., into which the washing is placed.
An appliance for mangling clothes (forming part of a composite machine). (Used punningly in quot. 1992.)