wash-hand basin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Don’t be alarmed, ladies, it’s only the wash-hand basin.
From The Young Trawler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
There was not a place in which a wash-hand basin could be put, so awkwardly were the doors arranged, to one of which there was no fastening whatsoever.
From Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay by Miss Emma Roberts
This Givonne Valley is what Napoleon I. called a "wash-hand basin."
From Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by John Clark Ridpath
The connection for the shore pipe was concealed behind the back of the engineer's wash-hand basin, which moved forward by means of a secret spring.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts
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 Fitzwater Wray
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