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Definition of dolly tub in English: dolly tubnoun historical A washtub. Example sentencesExamples - The allusion is to dolly-pegs and a dolly-tub, used for washing.
- Most of the room was taken up by a large pair of wooden mangles and a dolly tub.
- My mother washed all our clothes at home, in the copper boiler, or in a dolly tub complete with scrubbing board.
- Cauliflowers, onions, potatoes, radishes and lettuces can be found growing from old pig troughs and dolly tubs.
Origin Late 19th century: from dialect dolly (used as a term for various contrivances thought to resemble a doll in some way) and tub. Definition of dolly tub in US English: dolly tubnoun historical A washtub. Example sentencesExamples - My mother washed all our clothes at home, in the copper boiler, or in a dolly tub complete with scrubbing board.
- Most of the room was taken up by a large pair of wooden mangles and a dolly tub.
- The allusion is to dolly-pegs and a dolly-tub, used for washing.
- Cauliflowers, onions, potatoes, radishes and lettuces can be found growing from old pig troughs and dolly tubs.
Origin Late 19th century: from dialect dolly (used as a term for various contrivances thought to resemble a doll in some way) and tub. |