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Meanings of washboard in anglès

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fusta de rentar

Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side.

        fusta de rentar
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        Examples for "splashboard"
        Examples for "splashboard"
        1
        Then they stopped altogether, and she felt the shock of hoofs upon the splashboard.
        Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
        2
        But the chase, if chase were given, was vain from the first: for splashboard.
        Corporal Sam and Other Stories
        3
        When he had got rid of everything but half a wheel and the splashboard he bolted again.
        The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
        4
        I must have water, my mouth tastes like the splashboard of an Indian lavatory in the mango season.
        The power of one
        5
        My preserver sat half in and half out of the carriage, leaning his white, well-shaped hand upon the splashboard.
        Kate Coventry: An Autobiography
        Usage of washboard in anglès
        1
        When using a washboard it will continually slip down in the tub.
        The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
        2
        Sure, Belushi lacked washboard abs, but Farley needed his own ZIP code.
        Wired
        3
        The bus had now arrived at a washboard section of the road.
        Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
        4
        She picked up the washboard and tilted it this way and that.
        The stand
        5
        For long seconds she stood, motionless, her forehead scrunched like a washboard.
        Terminal
        6
        Something about your washboard stomach tells me you take your gym seriously.
        Babyville
        7
        You say that this unhealthy woman has not got your wife's washboard.
        The Crock of Gold
        8
        Juliana tried not to stare at his muscular chest and washboard stomach.
        Love at first flight: one round trip that would change everythin...
        9
        Everybody comes to the tee these days with bulgy biceps and washboard abs.
        The Irish Times
        10
        Stu cried out: I know where I can get her a washboard, Glen!
        The stand
        11
        To see a washboard in your dreams, is indicative of embarrassment.
        Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
        12
        He was lean, and the washboard muscle made a difficult handhold.
        Complete Books of Blood
        13
        Mrs. Bradley said she thought there must be something dead under the washboard.
        Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot
        14
        It's about eighty miles across this ragged old stone washboard of a desert.
        The Call of the Canyon
        15
        Tracey ran a hand down her washboard abs, discernible even under her dress.
        Made of honor
        16
        A wooden instrument resembling a washboard that sprouts a row of metallic prongs.
        Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
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