Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A room in which washing is done; either a laundry or a lavatory or bath-room.

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Examples

  • He danced him over the ironing tables, the stove, and the mangles, and out into the wash-room and over the wringer and washer.

    Chapter 25 2010

  • Bill's job was in the wash-room, and the men had been called out first, that morning, in order to stiffen the courage of the girls; and Bill chanced to be near the door to the mangle-room when Mary Condon started to enter.

    SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

  • There is a day-room, a sleeping-room and a wash-room.

    Work Camp 10760 L 2010

  • It's nice if the wash-room is private, but it's amazing what a little creativity can do.

    We Need People Who Ride Bikes, Not Cyclists « PubliCola 2010

  • George sat by the faucet in fresh clothes, outside the wash-room, and looked around the place.

    Down the Road Bowie Ibarra 2009

  • Sheila met the woman she should have been in the ladies wash-room at Euston station.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Kristen 2009

  • Sheila met the woman she should have been in the ladies wash-room at Euston station.

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009

  • “He was calling me ‘Jew boy’ inside the wash-room.”

    I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009

  • “He was calling me ‘Jew boy’ inside the wash-room.”

    I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009

  • “He was calling me ‘Jew boy’ inside the wash-room.”

    I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009

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