powdering tub

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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.

Alternative forms

• powtheringe tubb
• powthering tubbe
• powthering tub
• powther tubb
• powtering tobe
• powldering tubb
• powd'rn tub
• powdring-tubb
• powdringe tubbe
• powdringe tubb
• powdringe tub
• powdring tubbe
• powdring tubb
• powd'ring tub
• powdring tub
• powdrin tub
• powdreing tubb
• powderyng tubb
• powderinge tubbe
• powderinge tubb
• powdering tube
• powdering tubbe
• powdering tubb
• pouthering tub
• poultering tub
• pouldringe tub
• poulderinge tubbe
• poudringe tubb
• poudringe tub
• poudring tubb
• poodring tubb

References

• Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811, Francis Grose.
• Dictionary of Thieving Slang, 1737
• Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820, 2007
• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia