washbowl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of washbowl
Example Sentences
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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
Those parts of the anatomy are to the surgeon what a washbowl, water trap and waste pipe are to a master plumber.
From Time Magazine Archive
We finally heard Miss Love pour her dirty water out of the washbowl into the waste pot on the floor.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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