dry sink

American  

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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Etymology

Origin of dry sink

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The Virginians, and even the Adamses, had imported much of their furniture from England and France; Ulysses S. Grant relied on American craftsmen for everything from dry sink to horsehair sofa.

From Time Magazine Archive

A small potbellied stove took up one corner, and next to it was a dry sink under a window that looked out to the sea.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Ringing her hair into the dry sink, she asked, “Where’s your pa going?”

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Slowly, it seemed to Milkman, she walked over to a shelf that hung over the dry sink, put the geography book on it, and removed a knife.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Now she stood before the dry sink, pumping water into a blue- and-white wash basin which she used for a saucepan.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison