wash house
Britishnoun
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A shipwreck, racehorse wash house and world-renowned department store Selfridges have been among the historic sites to have been given extra protection in 2020.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2020
IN a warren of studios and flats known as "the wash house," at No. 13 Rue Ravignan in Paris, Pablo Picasso in 1907 painted a canvas that was to become historic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adam and Samuel came from the wash house, their hand and faces shining with water, and Samuel’s beard was fluffy after its soaping.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
When we got there, she said, “Find that old quilt in the wash house and make up a bed for J.W. in your room.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Katheline received her black lord and his friend in the keet, which is the wash house and the bakery appurtenant to the main dwelling.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
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