bathtub

bathtub crank

Amphetamines that have been made by an amateur at home or in makeshift conditions. The name alludes to "bathtub gin," referring to the use of bathtubs in creating illegal alcohol (most often gin, hence the name) during the prohibition years in the US. Stay away from that bathtub crank, man, it's sure to mess you up!
See also: bathtub, crank

bathtub gin

Any alcoholic drink that is made by an amateur at home or in makeshift conditions. Refers to the use of bathtubs in creating illegal alcohol (most often gin, hence the name) during the prohibition years in the US. This stuff is strong, but it tastes like bathtub gin!
See also: bathtub, gin

bathtub scum

A phrase applied to someone that one strongly dislikes. That guy's total bathtub scum—don't hang out with him.
See also: bathtub, scum

vertical bath

slang A very long, leisurely shower. You need to stop wasting hot water in there. You're supposed to be getting clean, not taking a vertical bath!
See also: bath, vertical
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bathtub crank

n. homemade amphetamine. (From bathtub gin.) Somehow she got hold of some bathtub crank and had a really bad trip.
See also: bathtub, crank

bathtub scum

n. a totally despised person. (see also pond scum, shower scum. Also a term of address.) Look out, bathtub scum, outa my way!
See also: bathtub, scum

vertical bathtub

n. a men’s urinal. When I walked into the room with vertical bathtubs, I knew I was in the wrong place.
See also: bathtub, vertical
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bathtub crank
  • crank
  • bathtub gin
  • gin
  • Aaron's beard
  • beard
  • be as safe as houses
  • crown of thorns
  • a back number
  • back number
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In the final chapters, the author threads the title nicely into the storyline by using the metaphor of the bathtub nicely as a reference to the lake.
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"The World Bathtubbing Championships and the All Wales Boat Show will give people a chance to see that watersports are for everybody, no matter whether you can afford a bathtub or a millionaire's yacht." New Zealander Tony, who runs Green Dragon Activities in Llanwrtyd Wells, came up with the madcap idea of holding an annual contest in Wales.
BASIN INSTINCT; Just keep the plug in, says bathtubbing king Tony
"Beasts" is set in The Bathtub, a fictional island among the delicate environment of estuaries and bayous, peninsulas and littorals that make up the seacoast of Louisiana.
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"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer that person a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket and tell him or her to empty the bathtub."
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