Definition of "washbasin" []

• See washbowl. (noun)

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• "He, therefore, took the tin washbasin down to the creek and dumped the sand into it."
• "By the time Lydia had the little ones dressed, Michael and their father had finished their morning ablutions and the washbasin was hers alone."
• "We are then asked to believe that each prisoner, even as he was choking on those rags, climbed up on his washbasin, slipped his head through the noose, tightened it, and leapt from the washbasin to hang until he asphyxiated."