Well, anyhow, the washboard is gone, and my wife says it was either taken by the fairies or by Bessie Hannigan--you know Bessie Hannigan?
She didn't take it, because my wife got her out yesterday and kept her talking for two hours while I went through everything in her bit of a house--the washboard wasn't there.
And Ben, coming out from the woodshed, with the washboard in his hand, together with the hammer and nails, the kitchen began to hum with the noise.
A round seam would wear out sooner by coming into frequent contact with the washboard and iron, besides irritating the skin.
Who suffers most, that woman manicuring her nails over a washboard to keep the little brood together or that drunken bum in Bridewell getting his just deserts from his acts?
Washboard Holder [39] When using a washboard it will continually slip down in the tub.
Two of these are fastened to the back of [Illustration: Clip on the Washboard] the washboard in the right place to keep it at the proper slant.
The washboard can be kept in place with small metal hooks, as shown in the sketch.
Our washboard factory was a great wooden structure that had been built for a roller-skating rink.
They think a washboard is a dull and common thing.
Now the kindling-pile was the best quarry for our toys, because it was bought from a washboard factory around the corner.
Not every child has the good fortune to live near a washboard factory.
They do not know, in their pitiable ignorance, the towers and bridges that can be made from the scourings of a washboard factory.
As he set his tub and washboard on a box and rubbed vigorously on his undergarments, he smiled to himself and wondered what his friends of The Colonial would say if they could see him at the moment.
Wallie shoved his Christmas dinner in the oven and slammed the door upon it, stoked the fire lavishly, then fell upon the washboard and rubbed furiously that he might be done the sooner.
I can't see anything, Leopold," gasped Miss Liverage, holding on to the washboard with both hands.
I've had enough of this thing," said Charley, clinging to the washboard behind him.
There's soap an' a washboard ready, an' 'tis not every day that ye can get hot water for nothing.
If one has an old washboard half the work of making a negative rack is already done.
From the washboard cut two strips seven inches long and three inches wide.
If she buys a washboard at 50 cents she has paid the railroad forty-two one-hundredths of a cent.
In Denver she would pay for that washboard 60 cents, of which the railroad would have received two cents.
