Blast from the Past: Can You Name These 20 Forgotten Retro Household Items?

What corrugated metal tool inside a wooden frame was used to scrub clothes in a tub of soapy water?

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Before mechanical washing machines swept global households, the washboard was a daily tool used to manually clean fabrics. Soaked laundry was repeatedly rubbed up and down against the hard, wavy metal, wood, or glass ridges to force out dirt.

What corrugated metal tool inside a wooden frame was used to scrub clothes in a tub of soapy water?

Music washboard instrument

Washboard

Grating board

Shingle plate

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