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powdering tubs

powdering tubs is the plural 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.

Questions about powdering tubs

What is powdering tubs the plural of?
Powdering tubs is the plural of powdering tub.

Words near powdering tubs in the dictionary

  1. powdering one's nose
  2. powdering tub
  3. powdering tubb
  4. powdering tubbe
  5. powdering tube
  6. powdering tubs
  7. powderinge tubb
  8. powderinge tubbe
  9. powderings
  10. powderise
  11. powderization

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