mixing faucet

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noun

a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.

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And, of course, it was against the mixing of the races that the music inevitably provoked.
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Mixing meat and dairy is a kosher rule-breaker, so they switched the cheese for potatoes.
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Note: If you prefer cookies thin and crisp, bake them straight from the mixing bowl.
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The mixing of mature and innocent can make people uncomfortable, which is often what Boyfriend wants.
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A bottle of locally brewed liquor chills in a water cooler in the corner, a Pepsi bottle next to it for mixing.
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The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
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She had left her room, was able to go out, and mixing once more with the family, carried joy into the hearts of all.
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The compounded rubber goes from the mixing mills to refining mills, to be prepared for the calenders.
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If the mixing is to be done by hand the materials must be screened to remove any unslaked lumps of lime.
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In mixing mortar, particular attention must be paid to the sand with which the lime or cement is mixed.
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