wash-hand basin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When Butler bought himself a new wash-hand basin, in 1887, the fact is duly recorded.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
On Sunday he ate voraciously, drank four glasses of grog, and threw the wash-hand basin out of window.
From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
These creatures seem to suffer from a state of chronic thirst; they are continually going and returning from the wash-hand basin, and very careful they are, too, not to tumble in.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon
Here’s most half a wash-hand basin and a whole stodge of bits squandered all over the gravel walk.
From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville
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