Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A frame or bar over which towels are hung; a towel-horse.
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Examples
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Snowy towels hung from a heated towel-rack, and the "convenience" was of the most modern flush-type.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.
Babbit 2004
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"And look at the towels and the little towel-rack," said Molly.
The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe
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There is the hot-water towel-rack, which is connected with the hot-water system of the house and which heats the towels, and incidentally the dressing-room.
The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe
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And instantly tears of self-pity bowed her head over the little towel-rack, and turned her heart to water.
Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.
Babbitt 1922
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The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.
Chapter 1 1922
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The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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"And if she would only find us a towel-rack that didn't fall into twelve separate pieces like a Chinese puzzle every time a chap put a towel on it we'd be simply reveling in luxury."
Behind the line A story of college life and football Ralph Henry Barbour 1907
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The study and the adjoining bed-room were at last furnished to suit; The First Snow was hung, the "rug for the wash-stand" was in place, and the objectionable towel-rack had given way to a smaller but less erratic affair.
Behind the line A story of college life and football Ralph Henry Barbour 1907
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