OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 40118

washboard

Meanings (ES + gloss)
lavadero
A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
serrucho
A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad.
washboard road
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