tubbie

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A form of tub — A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

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Meanings

nountubbie (plural tubbies)

plural tubbies

  1. childishcolloquialdiminutiverareDiminutive of tub.

    BTW, you forgot your widdle wubber duckie last week when you asked me to skwub your backie in the tubbie.

    2005 September 28, CME, quoting Kate, “Kid is fussy”, in alt.support.single-parents (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026
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    Camera is focusing on a large puppet in a bathtub, singing. "Every day when I make my way to the tubbie I find a little fella who's cute and yella and . . ."

    1998 October 14, KaraOhki, “[Pokemon/Sesame Street][Fanfic] Error in Judgement”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026

    Oh, yeah? So what does that say about you, Scully? I think you got caught by the show-biz bug, same as any of us! Is that champagne you're slurping on, as you lay sprawled in the tubbie? I distinctly heard a slurp...

    2000 May 2, Char Chaffin, “xfc: NEW, "Hollywood Bath-Time", by C. Chaffin, Post-Ep, MSR, R”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026

Origin

From tub + -ie.

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Cite this entry
APA

tubbie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubbie

MLA

“tubbie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubbie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tubbie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubbie.

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