Definition of "handbasin" []

• Washbasin (noun)

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• "He has his head in a handbasin and is clutching the taps in the school washroom while the prefects take it in turns to beat him for his lack of Christian reverence."
• "On those occasions (usually during a party at your house) when the handbasin tap is closed so tightly that you cannot turn it back on, you know the last person to use the washroom never had a Meccano set."
• "It contained the narrow bed on which he was lying, a wardrobe, chair and nothing else, not even a handbasin."