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
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 Gordon Stables
He had facetiously named his residence the Mountain House, in consequence of there being neither mountain nor hill larger than an inverted wash-hand basin, within ten miles of him!
From Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 E. (Edith) Nesbit
The one set apart for me was nearest the companion, and contained a bunk, a small settee and locker combined, a wash-hand basin, and a place for hanging clothes.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby
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