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  • n  a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
  • n  a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)

  • Some smokers have been caught desperately blowing smoke into vacuum-operated washbowl drains and toilet bowls.
  • Son Bernie (Anthony Holland) is a leaky, self-expressing drip, the kind that leaves a brown stain in a washbowl.
  • When his stepfather leaves the bathroom, Seryozha goes shyly to the washbowl, makes a tentative little splutter of his own, and then dries himself on the same towel his stepfather .

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