wash-hand basin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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)
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
So, before it had well begun, the maternal lecture ended impotently in the wash-hand basin.
From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie
Eden reddened and said nothing; but Henderson, looking up from his wash-hand basin, replied—“And understand you, Harpour, that if you bully him any more, I’ll tell the head of the school.”
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
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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