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Now that I think about it, you are right and a sinkboard and a drainboard may be two different things -- although given the regional usage in the United States alone, who knows?
But I wonder if the extendable cutting boards that hook onto either side of the sink would be called sinkboards? Or a large board, maybe like a butcher block, that you could place over the sink, creating more counter space?
Hmmm ... Love to hear what anyone else might think.
See, that's more what I thought, that maybe it originated from, back in the day, the basin being set between actual boards. But that was just my assumption.
I just did a search of "sinkboard" and it did show some cutting boards that fit over the basin.
Then I searched "old-fashioned sinkboard" and it came up with what you were talking about, a basin and a drainboard that were all one piece.
Now that I think about it, you are right and a sinkboard and a drainboard may be two different things -- although given the regional usage in the United States alone, who knows?
But I wonder if the extendable cutting boards that hook onto either side of the sink would be called sinkboards? Or a large board, maybe like a butcher block, that you could place over the sink, creating more counter space?
Hmmm ... Love to hear what anyone else might think.
Must have. Thanks. That reminds me--they used to say automobile, instead of "car". Everything's been shortened now; aeroplane ---> plane, automobile ---> car.
My grandparents peppered their speech with yiddish phrases.
Meshuggenah: talking through the hole in your head; a crazy person or someone who's usually full of crap.
Mensch: a nice boy, especially their back-yard neighbor who ended up becoming a rabbi when he grew up.
Schmata: dishrag; alternately, bandana to cover your dirty hair so you can be seen in public, or that hideous bandana you should take off your head so you don't look like a scullery maid; alternately: housedress you should never be seen in public wearing because it's hideous.
goy: that non-Jewish man who you should stop dating because he's trayf, not like the mensch you should've married
trayf: unkosher and unsuitable
schmutz: filth, in particular whatever it is you're grinding into the carpet with the shoes you should have taken off at the door.
shvartze: a black man (can be used to describe without any emotional attachment but can also be used to insult a black person, similar to the "n" word).
Must have. Thanks. That reminds me--they used to say automobile, instead of "car". Everything's been shortened now; aeroplane ---> plane, automobile ---> car.
My Grandmother always called the auto a "machine". A "car" was the street car (trolley or bus) that stopped on our corner. And my bicycle was called a "wheel", such as "Ride your wheel to Dorothy's house after school."
My school uniform blouse was a "waist", I assume because it only went as far as mid-torso.
Boots were "overshoes".
And you didn't pee; you "made water". Fart? Heaven forbid! You "made wind".
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