bathing-machine
[ bey-thing-muh-sheen ]
/ ˈbeɪ ðɪŋ məˌʃin /
noun
a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
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Origin of bathing-machine
First recorded in 1765–75
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How to use bathing-machine in a sentence
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
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The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
A little black girl sat on the floor, and with her hands worked the treadle of the machine.
The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
The machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
British Dictionary definitions for bathing-machine
noun
a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
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