wash-basins

This is the idea: after dark each night we shall hoist our three metal wash-basins, loaded with inflammables, up to the stays.

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There was, oddly enough, no other fruit for sale there; but there was a very agreeable-looking booth at the end of the platform placarded with signs of Puerto Rico coffee, cognac, and other drinks; and outside of it there were wash-basins and clean towels.

Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

Pipes connected to the waste outlet to water-using appliances such as WCs and wash-basins after the water-trap.

1. Intake structures 1999

The Texans were led into a room where there were five wash-basins; the water in the basins was so hot that five columns of steam rose into the room.

The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

The Texans were led into a room where there were five wash-basins; the water in the basins was so hot that five columns of steam rose into the room.

Dead Man’s Walk Larry McMurtry 1995

She tipped everything out, and then proceeded to put her things in place, just as the others did-pyjamas under the pillow'toothbrush, face-flannel, tooth-paste and sponge on a glass ledge at one end of the dormy where the wash-basins were.

The Second Form at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1970

There was a rattle of tin wash-basins, the swish of water as it was heaved at the singer, and then a howl of dismay from Slim.

The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Willard F. Baker

Under the piazza, ranged along the wall, was a low bench, occupied by about forty tin wash-basins and water-pails, and with coarse, dirty crash towels suspended on rollers above it.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

The furniture, mats, and couches were of cane, while wooden platters, brass kettles, and common wash-basins, were spread out in every direction for show and service.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

Under the piazza, ranged along the wall, was a low bench, occupied by about forty tin wash-basins and water-pails, with coarse, dirty crash towels suspended on rollers above them.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various