The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word TWIN TUB
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TWIN TUB
- Put barrel back outside to secure washing machine
- … having more than one drum machine?
- End up accommodating wife with fashionable washing machine
- Machine‘s secure, stopping end revolving
- One’s spinning drums and string instrument endlessly
- Where to wash and dry one of the Tweedle brothers?
- Not having a single drum, achieve strike turning round
- . Time to get object back in washing machine
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The straight part
We know that "Machine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case machine = twin tub.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.