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Meaning of jawbox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A tenement sink.

Scotland, dated

Examples

After a week he had to accept that he was growing a black beard, not because he wanted one, but because he could think of no way of shaving. There was a jaw-box in the tiny kitchen but no taps.”
She snatches towels from the laundry baskettwo, three, foursoaks them at the jawbox sink and lays them along the bottom of the kitchen door.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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