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been washboarded for
noun
A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed
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People have been washboarded for centuries.
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I myself have been washboarded.
"That was Washboard Chaz you were listening to.
The gravel road was corrugated, washboarded.
Within the material culture of the market, the subtleties of everyday life are revealed: washboards instead of washing machines, for instance, or bicycle parts for the many shoppers who do not own cars.
XXX, the Abercrombie & Fitch spring break 2001 quarterly, shot by Bruce Weber, is no longer in stores (where it sold for $6), but fans (and there are apparently many) of the duo's washboard abs can turn to eBay, where coffee-table-ready copies of the catalog have been offered for up to $40.
What's been great for us is that, believe it or not, there have been fans that have followed us from our jug band days all the way through now, which is crazy to us because we did make a hard left turn when we put the washboard and kazoos away.
Point is, under washboarding I broke, then spilled the beans.
Here are the washboard roads Of Wellfleet, on the Cape, and summer light and dust.
If I had a diet soda for breakfast, a salad bar lunch, a few scoops of peanut butter for protein during the day, and then only drank on the weekends, I would be seeing washboard abs in NO time.
Although Brass Bed is from the region that's known for Cajun fiddling, zydeco washboards, and, of course, jazz, the group practices rock-and-roll music with a neo-psychedelic bent.
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