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  • n  the amount that a tub will hold

  • The boys at Winchester have from time immemorial been obliged to take a dip in a tubful of cold water before breakfasthangers-back being dunked forcibly.
  • In Finnish cities coal was rationed and hot water limited to a tubful per person per fortnight.

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