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Meanings of washboard in English
Catalan
fusta de rentar Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side.
Usage of washboard in English
1
When using a washboard it will continually slip down in the tub.
2
Sure, Belushi lacked washboard abs, but Farley needed his own ZIP code.
3
The bus had now arrived at a washboard section of the road.
4
She picked up the washboard and tilted it this way and that.
5
For long seconds she stood, motionless, her forehead scrunched like a washboard.
6
Something about your washboard stomach tells me you take your gym seriously.
7
You say that this unhealthy woman has not got your wife's washboard.
8
Juliana tried not to stare at his muscular chest and washboard stomach.
9
Everybody comes to the tee these days with bulgy biceps and washboard abs.
10
Stu cried out: I know where I can get her a washboard, Glen!
11
To see a washboard in your dreams, is indicative of embarrassment.
12
He was lean, and the washboard muscle made a difficult handhold.
13
Mrs. Bradley said she thought there must be something dead under the washboard.
14
It's about eighty miles across this ragged old stone washboard of a desert.
15
Tracey ran a hand down her washboard abs, discernible even under her dress.
16
A wooden instrument resembling a washboard that sprouts a row of metallic prongs.
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