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pouthering tub

pouthering 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 pouthering tub

pluralpouthering tubs

Questions about pouthering tub

What is pouthering tub the alternative form of?
Pouthering tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near pouthering tub in the dictionary

  1. pouter
  2. pouteria
  3. pouterias
  4. pouters
  5. poutful
  6. pouthering tub
  7. poutier
  8. poutiest
  9. poutily
  10. poutine
  11. poutine pizza

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pouthering 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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