sponge bath
a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
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How to use sponge bath in a sentence
Opposite each room was a bath-tub and a large movable basin, so that a guest could take a sponge bath or immerse himself.
A California Girl | Edward EldridgeThree days later, at the unusually early hour of nine in the morning, Victor Nevill was enjoying his sponge bath.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray GraydonI jumped out of bed and pulled my hat-tub into the middle of the floor, ready for my daily cold sponge bath.
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins | Nell SpeedI have a cold sponge bath down to my waist every morning, and I change all my clothes when I go to bed.
The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 | VariousHe lighted his glass lamp and took a hasty, shivering sponge bath in the crockery basin.
The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward White
British Dictionary definitions for sponge bath
a washing of the body with a wet sponge or cloth, but without immersion in water
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