wash-hand basin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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So, before it had well begun, the maternal lecture ended impotently in the wash-hand basin.
From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie
At least, Sir Harry was making a deuce of a row with the soap, and he'd the wash-hand basin quite full of bubbles.
From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson
When Butler bought himself a new wash-hand basin, in 1887, the fact is duly recorded.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
Each of these rooms should be fitted with a wash-hand basin and sink, and a plentiful supply of hot and cold water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
She was neither better bred nor wiser than you and me, though we knelt to hand her a letter or a wash-hand basin.
From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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