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powdringe tub

powdringe 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 powdringe tub

pluralpowdringe tubs

Questions about powdringe tub

What is powdringe tub the alternative form of?
Powdringe tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near powdringe tub in the dictionary

  1. powdrin tub
  2. powdring tub
  3. powdring tubb
  4. powdring tubbe
  5. powdring-tubb
  6. powdringe tub
  7. powdringe tubb
  8. powdringe tubbe
  9. powdry
  10. Powe
  11. Powehi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powdringe 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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