"Wash room" Quotes from Famous Books
... large carrying firms. However, the Great Northern Railway Company at their new hospital for horses at Totteridge, are erecting a very complete Turkish bath. It consists of three rooms. First, a large wash room or grooming room, from which is entered the first hot room, or tepidarium, from 140 deg. to 150 deg. Fahr.; from this room, the horse, after being thoroughly acclimated, can, if necessary, pass to the hottest ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. • Various
... the door had barely closed behind her when Holmes muttered to Jimmy, "Here! Come here, quickly. Into this wash room with you, and lock the door on the inside. Keyhole it if you wish, because this sounds ... — Mixed Faces • Roy Norton
... patient who interfered with their leisure. Now one of my greatest crosses was their continued refusal to give me a drink when I asked for it. Except at meal time, or on those rare occasions when I was permitted to go to the wash room, I had to get along as best I might with no water to drink, and that too at a time when I was in a fever of excitement. My polite requests were ignored; impolite demands were answered with threats and curses. And ... — A Mind That Found Itself - An Autobiography • Clifford Whittingham Beers |