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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Lacking modern plumbing or heating facilities: a cold-water flat.
Examples
“The sisters, fresh from their cold-water baths, had stripped down to their sleep clothes.”
“The bathroom consists of a Western toilet, a cold-water sink with a water heater and shower head attached to the wall that is often not separated from the rest of the bathroom inside a shower stall.”
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“The flower hat jelly, a rare cold-water species with pinstriped crimson bands on its bell, lives on the outcroppings of plants and uses its lustrous tentacles to paralyze the fish it consumes.”
“A cold-water rinse of the beer-soaked rags caused heavy saturation of the Zorbeez, but the Shamwow sprung back after wringing and seemed to have already shed most of the moisture.”
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“Moreover, its gers that were equipped with bathrooms had only toilets and cold-water sinks.”
“We put firefighters in the water in cold-water rescue suits," Mr. Vatter said.”
“No, not their old Dickensian cold-water offices, as described in Talk of the Town a few years back, but the newish ones.”
“He ran across a book in the library on the care of the body, and promptly developed a penchant for a cold-water bath every morning, much to the amazement of Jim, and to the bewilderment of Mr. Higginbotham, who was not in sympathy with such high-fangled notions and who seriously debated whether or not he should charge Martin extra for the water.”
“We put two firefighters in the water in cold-water rescue suits.”
“Throughout the year, I practice regularly with rifle & pistol, but diving is a great part of what I enjoy and I hope to remain a cold-water diver as long as the Good Lord permits me to do so.”
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