Washboard

Definition

washboard /'wɒʃbↄ:d n အဝတ္ဖြပ္သစ္သားခံု။ (အဝတ္ကို ပြတ္တိုက္ရန္ အထစ္ကေလးမ်ားပါသည္။ )

Examples

1. ‘As much as I admire her adaptability
2. it's hard to imagine her back in Arkansas cleaning the brood's clothing on a washboard out front lawn wise next to the stripped 47 Ford up on blocks.’
3. ‘Long ago
4. laundry tasks simply required a tub
5. washboard
6. clothesline and backbreaking labor.’
7. ‘Washing happened in an enormous sink on the rooftop or in the compound
8. scrubbed in cold water and using a special detergent and a stiff brush on a corrugated washboard.’
9. ‘As we descended
10. my behind bounced off each log we passed
11. as though I were a piece of laundry being scrubbed on a washboard.’
12. ‘Over the centuries other innovations were introduced and by the early decades of the nineteenth century
13. most households in America used a washboard with grooves in it to wash their clothes.’
14. ‘Their chores will be done with the implements of the day
15. which means they will be cooking their meals over an open fire and washing their clothes with a washboard.’
16. ‘While she scrubbed the garments in a soapy tub with her washboard
17. Jack used clothespins to hang them upon long lines of string attached to trees.’
18. ‘Perhaps students
19. instead of wasting money on machines
20. could just get a washboard and do their clothes in the kitchen sink.’
21. ‘Featuring an old black iron
22. pans
23. kettles and jars
24. a washboard and posser
25. used for pummelling clothes
26. the look is completed with a shop sign thought to be more than 100 years old.’
27. ‘The women of the house rubbed each garment against the washboard over and over until the dirt came out
28. using soft homemade soap.’
29. ‘A quarter-century of feminism and here's advice on how to use a washboard and scrub the kitchen floor on your hands and knees.’
30. ‘Mum used a mangle and a washboard so when the washing machine arrived it was a big moment.’
31. ‘Instead
32. they re-enact the event onstage with an inferior ‘tribute’ while a bare-chested Black displays a stomach that is less washboard and more washing machine
33. a bulky turbulent affair.’
34. ‘Her washboard is not some cast off piece of junk
35. more a statement of gleaming health and efficiency.’
36. ‘The process is simple - all you need is warm soapy water
37. a washboard
38. and a willingness to endure prunelike fingers.’
39. ‘The washing dolly
40. the washing tub or bucks
41. the mangle
42. types of water
43. fuller's earth
44. soap
45. bleaching agents
46. blue
47. starch
48. bats
49. and washboards were keywords in the washing process.’
50. ‘In the courtyard was The Ugly Mug Jug Band
51. a fearsome foursome with a banjo
52. guitar
53. harmonica and jug.’
54. ‘Behind the Cliffside Inn
55. I heard a fiddle and a mandolin
56. keeping rhythm on an old washboard and stomping on the floor.’
57. ‘Phil Rourke plays tea chest box bass while Matt Elliot handles the percussion
58. playing the washboard