towel-horse

There was a tumbler with a toothbrush in it on the wash - stand; the towel was crumpled on the towel-horse; and a book had fallen on the floor.

The Years 2004

Strangely enough, the man seemed to have a certain agility of politeness, when once he did move; even if it suggested the wooden joints of a courtly step-ladder or an obsequious towel-horse.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

When I wake early — and the birds wake me — I lie and watch the brass handles on the cupboard grow clear; then the basin; then the towel-horse.

The Waves 2003

Strangely enough, the man seemed to have a certain agility of politeness, when once he did move; even if it suggested the wooden joints of a courtly step-ladder or an obsequious towel-horse.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

You can't tell, my dear; it may be a peculiar breed out there -- cross between a towel-horse and a donkey-engine, don't you know!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 12, 1890 Various

There was soap on the wash-stand, and two clean towels on the old-fashioned towel-horse.

Through the Wall Wentworth, Patricia 1950

I had a snug bed-room, containing a bed with pink curtains, a toilette-table, with a handsome looking-glass, pincushion, and rather large brush and comb; a washing-stand, towel-horse, chest of drawers, and wardrobe.

The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina Unknown

On rising from these rather unrefreshing slumbers, I performed my morning ablutions with the aid of some three teacupsful of dusty water, -- for the pitcher probably held that quantity, -- availing myself, also, of something which hung over an elegant towel-horse, and which, though I at first took it for a child's handkerchief, proved on inspection to be "Chamber Towel, No. 1."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various

Now, if I might have this blanket on the table and another on a towel-horse or something of that kind by way of a background — you're very kind, Mrs. Pemming ....

Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh 1923

Went upstairs into the servant's bedroom and painted her washstand, towel-horse, and chest of drawers.

The Diary of a Nobody Grossmith, George, 1847-1912 1921