Now chiefly U.S. [f. WASH v.] A wash-hand basin.

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1812.  Examiner, 23 Nov., 739/2. The wash-bason [was] almost filled.

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1855.  J. Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem., 431. The … negro princes obtain English wash-basins.

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1860.  O. W. Holmes, Professor, iv. A new nursery… with Lake Superior, and Huron … for wash-basins!

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1903.  S. E. White, Forest, ii. 19. Dishes, pails, wash-basins, and other receptacles can always be made of birch bark and cedar withes.

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