Possible Clues:

• Jug band's bass, basically
• Large container for laundering clothes
• No. 26 bus? Sadly, it lets in water!
• Container in which clothes get clean
• Shaw messed up, but got something for the dirty clothes
• Laundry room fixture
• Cleaner with wooden thumb, oddly?
• Laundry machine is no longer central feature around third of kitchens
• Old laundry need
• Cleaning clothes with this used to be hard, however spun