dolly tub

noun

A wash tub.

Meanings

noundolly tub (plural dolly tubs)

plural dolly tubs

  1. UKregionalA wash tub.

    And when he came into the scullery, he found her there, with the little wringer fixed on the dolly-tub, turning blissfully at the handle […].

    1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 122
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