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dry sink

noun

  1. a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry sink1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

The expandable tabletop slides back and forth to reveal and cover a dry sink.

In time it became a salt lake, a marsh, and then a dry sink.

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