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powdrin tub

powdrin 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 powdrin tub

pluralpowdrin tubs

Questions about powdrin tub

What is powdrin tub the alternative form of?
Powdrin tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near powdrin tub in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powdrin 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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