slop-basin

In another, a lady was lying in bed, tucked up very tight and prim, and staring with much composure at a tripod, with a slop-basin on it; the usual form of washing-stand, and the only piece of furniture, besides the bedstead, in her chamber.

Pictures from Italy 2007

I came to her aid, took a seat near her, managed the urn and the slop-basin, and in fact made the tea for her like any old woman. '

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

The slop-basin was full of half-burned brown paper, over which tea had been poured.

The Lair of the White Worm 2003

There was no slop-basin on the little table, but Wimsey quickly got up and poured the coffee into the window-box outside.

Unnatural Death Sayers, Dorothy L.Lord Peter 03 1988

The professor then threw the fork with a clatter into the slop-basin.

The Heart Of A Dog Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 1968

Some years ago a short iron-built man used to balance a scaffold pole upon his chin; to whizz a slop-basin round upon the end of it; and to imitate fire-works with golden balls and gleaming knives, in the public streets of London.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

This same censor says that the most temperate find themselves obliged to drink wine freely after tea, or supplement their Bohea with rum and brandy, the bottle and glass becoming as necessary to the tea-table as the slop-basin.

The Little Tea Book Arthur Gray

'Where are you goin' now? 'asked Liza, looking at the slop-basin she was carrying.

Liza of Lambeth 1919

Its handle served as a poker, and its pan, as well as for frying, roasting and boiling, did duty for a teapot and a slop-basin.

The Sorcery Club Elliott O'Donnell 1918

A tempest in a slop-basin is absurd We will reserve that sort of thing for the mighty ocean and the lonely midnight.

VIII. Private and Confidential 1917