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toilet set

American  

noun

  1. a set of articles used in grooming, as a mirror, brush, and comb.


toilet set British  

noun

  1. a matching set consisting of a hairbrush, comb, mirror, and clothes brush

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of toilet set

First recorded in 1855–60

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I've never heard of a directive insisting the toilet set remain up, therefore universally inconveniencing women every time they seek relief.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2012

His bedroom was the simplest room of all--except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

She thought of the ragged wash-brush and wooden-backed hair-brush and horn comb which made up her own toilet set, and grew hot and cold.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin

The bare room with the red-and-blue rag carpet and green china toilet set was utterly strange.

From Parnassus on Wheels by Morley, Christopher

The baby had luxuries; his toilet set from Rokeby, his christening robe from Julia, his puffed and frilly baby-basket from Grannie Amber, were dreams to delight a mother's heart; but he had no carriage.

From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May

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