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powthering tub

powthering 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 powthering tub

pluralpowthering tubs

Questions about powthering tub

What is powthering tub the alternative form of?
Powthering tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near powthering tub in the dictionary

  1. powtered
  2. powtering
  3. powtering tobe
  4. powters
  5. powther tubb
  6. powthering tub
  7. powthering tubbe
  8. powtheringe tubb
  9. powts
  10. powwaw
  11. powwawed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powthering 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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