Bathtub
Bathtub noun - A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
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Tank
Tank noun - A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids.
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An episode of Jonathan Creek features a bathtub that tips downward, dropping its unfortunate occupants into a water tank beneath before tipping back up to seal off their escape.
Source: Drowning Pit - The Sturmpanzer II SPG and the French S35 CA Tank Destroyer gets called "Bathtub", with their silhouettes and large open-topped fighting compartments.
Source: Fan Nickname / World of Tanks -
Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts: "Mother Redcap" (two electrocution traps), "Satan's Chimney" (a piston that crushes its victims), "The Coonskin Cap" (a constricting flak jacket that suffocates the wearer) and "The Grinning Man" (a bathtub mounted on a trapdoor that drowns the victim in a tank below).
Source: Series / Jonathan Creek
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