slipper bath
Britishnoun
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a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
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history (plural) an establishment where members of the public paid to have a bath
Example Sentences
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A double-doored lobby is formed in the latter apartment, and the slipper bath used as ordinarily.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
In form, it was as like as possible to a tin slipper bath.
From Away in the Wilderness by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The cariole is in form not unlike a slipper bath, both in shape and size.
From Hudson Bay by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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