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powdreing tubb

powdreing tubb 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 powdreing tubb

pluralpowdreing tubbs

Questions about powdreing tubb

What is powdreing tubb the alternative form of?
Powdreing tubb is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near powdreing tubb in the dictionary

  1. powdery scab
  2. powderyng tubb
  3. powdike
  4. powdikes
  5. powdre
  6. powdreing tubb
  7. powdres
  8. powdrin tub
  9. powdring tub
  10. powdring tubb
  11. powdring tubbe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powdreing tubb (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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