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washbowl

American  
[wosh-bohl, wawsh-] / ˈwɒʃˌboʊl, ˈwɔʃ- /

noun

  1. a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.


Etymology

Origin of washbowl

First recorded in 1520–30; wash + bowl 1

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“Had a bowl of cornflakes this morning,” I wrote in my Nationwide Building Society diary, “and 10 minutes later they were in the washbowl upstairs!! It’s Lucozade and arrowroot for me today!”

From The Guardian Apr. 27, 2019

Her head was tilted back in a washbowl, her eyes closed, but her voice still controlled the room.

From The New Yorker Jan. 4, 2016

I’d bring a washbowl from the bathroom, and the streams would hit it, like into a milk pail.

From The New Yorker Oct. 26, 2015

Also I have a question: How do you clean a washbowl lined with gold leaf?

From Time Magazine Archive

All of a sudden--for no good reason, really, except that I was sort of in the mood for horsing around--I felt like jumping off the washbowl and getting old Stradlater in a half nelson.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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