wash-hand basin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He indicates a little enameled wash-hand basin hanging on the wall and decorated with flowers: "There's where one can wash his hands."
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater
What was left sticking to the wash-hand basin did not taste so bad.
From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
“Sarved ’em right too,” remarked the tall man, whose partiality for the tin wash-hand basin and the tooth-brush we have already noticed.
From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The solicitor noted the reply, and then asked: "With reference to the silver sand, did you find any at the bottom of the wash-hand basin?"
From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
Then we mixed the other things in the wash-hand basin from the spare bedroom that was always spare.
From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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