Meaning of washhand stand | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Our middle class householder will have⟳ of household goods about him, carpets, mahogany chairs, tables, chests of drawers, curtained beds, washhand stands, crockeryware in abundance, and good cutleryware; and in his stock⟳ of wearing apparel, shirts, drawers, stockings, handkerchiefs, and such articles, whether seen or unseen, in comfortable plenty.”

“The sherbet was generally placed on a washhand stand⟳ in my private office. My washhand stand⟳ was in the far corner of the room, on entering, to the right front.”

“There are no baths or washhand stands, / A gum block⟳ stands outside / With bowl and bucket, where to hands / And face⟳ may be applied / A morning, noon, or evening sluice / In water from the spring⟳, / To which soap is of little use⟳, / ’Tis hard as anything.”

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