wash-stand

Martin nodded, and went on arranging the books on a kitchen table which served in the room in place of a wash-stand.

Chapter 16 2010

He got up abruptly and tried to see himself in the dirty looking - glass over the wash-stand.

Chapter 4 2010

The business part of the room had the usual furniture; an open cupboard with pigeon-holes, a round oak table, a folding wash-stand, some hard chairs, a standing desk of large dimensions covered with drawings and designs.

The Man of Property 2004

The bed was a bed; the wash-stand was a wash-stand.

Flush: a biography 2004

Michael took out a five-pound note and laid it with his card on the wash-stand.

The Silver Spoon 2004

The bed was rickety, with a thin knotty mattress; the sand-colored walls were scratched and gouged; in every corner, under everything, were fluffy dust and cigar ashes; on the tilted wash-stand was a nicked and squatty pitcher; the only chair was a grim straight object of spotty varnish; but there was an altogether splendid gilt and rose cuspidor.

Main Street 2004

“Does he?” said Maggie, putting the book on the wash-stand.

The Years 2004

A universe of ineffable gaudiness spun itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the wash-stand and the moon soaked with wet light his tangled clothes upon the floor.

The Great Gatsby 2003

He then donned his waistcoat, and taking up a piece of hard soap on the wash-stand centre table, dipped it into water and commenced lathering his face.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

“There,” said the landlord, placing the candle on a crazy old sea chest that did double duty as a wash-stand and centre table; “there, make yourself comfortable now; and good night to ye.”

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002