wash-hand basin
noun
another name for washbasin (def. 2)
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Returning one day to his dressing-room, just after Rosa had come down-stairs, he caught sight of a red stain in a wash-hand-basin.
A SimpletonCharles Reade
And, thenceforth, the mean life returned: Lily relapsed among the potatoes and the wash-hand-basin salads.
The Bill-ToppersAndre Castaigne
The word Palangana signifies a wash-hand-basin; but more especially the kind of basin used by barbers.