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poudringe tub

poudringe tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Meaning of powdering tub

Noun

powdering tub (plural powdering tubs)

  1. (archaic) a tub in which the meat was powdered or salted; a salting tub, pickling tub or powdering trough.
  2. (obsolete) A heated tub for the treatment of venereal disease by sweating.
  3. (obsolete, slang) the pocky Hospital at Kingsland near London.

Forms of poudringe tub

pluralpoudringe tubs

Questions about poudringe tub

What is poudringe tub the alternative form of?
Poudringe tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near poudringe tub in the dictionary

  1. poudretteite
  2. poudrettes
  3. poudreuse
  4. poudreuses
  5. poudring tubb
  6. poudringe tub
  7. poudringe tubb
  8. pouds
  9. pouf
  10. pouf paste
  11. poufed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poudringe tub (page history and authors); powdering tub (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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