washhand stand

English

Noun

washhand stand (plural washhand stands)

1. Alternative form of washhand-stand.
   • 1850, Samuel Laing, Observations on the Social and Political State of the European People in 1848 and 1849; Being the Second Series of the Notes of a Traveller, London: […] Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], page 122:

     Our middle class householder will have of household goods about him, carpets, mahogany chairs, tables, chests of drawers, curtained beds, washhand stands, crockeryware in abundance, and good cutleryware; and in his stock of wearing apparel, shirts, drawers, stockings, handkerchiefs, and such articles, whether seen or unseen, in comfortable plenty.

   • 1875, Proceedings of the Baroda Commission, Appointed to Inquire into the Charges Against H. Malharrow Gaekwar of Baroda of Instigating an Attempt to Poison the British Resident. Re-printed from the Times of India Verbatim Reports., Bombay: […] the Times of India Steam Press, page 33, column 1:

     The sherbet was generally placed on a washhand stand in my private office. My washhand stand was in the far corner of the room, on entering, to the right front.

   • 1875, Robert Bruce, The Dingoes and Other Tales, Adelaide: […] “Advertiser” and “Chronicle” Offices, page 109:

     There are no baths or washhand stands, / A gum block stands outside / With bowl and bucket, where to hands / And face may be applied / A morning, noon, or evening sluice / In water from the spring, / To which soap is of little use, / ’Tis hard as anything.