dolly tub
noun historical
A washtub.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.
- 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.