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Examples
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"Hold on," says I. "Give me a moment to change my shoes" - what I wanted was a moment to put my head in the wash-bowl and think, and despite his insistence I snapped at him to wait, and hurried upstairs.
Fiancée 2010
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I'm off to Sacramento With my wash-bowl on my knee!
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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I'm off to Sacramento With my wash-bowl on my knee!
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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The décor seemed all of a piece with the grisly entranceway; there was a brass-framed bed containing a stained mattress, and a jug and wash-bowl on a spindly table.
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
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The décor seemed all of a piece with the grisly entranceway; there was a brass-framed bed containing a stained mattress, and a jug and wash-bowl on a spindly table.
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
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And he would wipe his wash-bowl dry as neatly as anybody.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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Whatever it was, there was no touching him these days and he was for ever at the wash-bowl.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Whatever it was, there was no touching him these days and he was for ever at the wash-bowl.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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I'm off to Sacramento With my wash-bowl on my knee!
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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I'm off to Sacramento With my wash-bowl on my knee!
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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