As a recovering food addict, I've been told on numerous occasions that washboard abs are created in the kitchen, not in the gym.

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Visually these boards have a washboard effect-and as the varied grain intersects the wood surface and light at different angles, a hologram-type depth emerges.

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Aged fifteen, he joined a skiffle band, playing washboard.

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