Meanings
nounwash house (plural wash houses)
plural wash houses
- alternativeAlternative form of washhouse.
In normal times many persons travel for pleasure, and from the point of view of all concerned it is better that the gateway to the adventure of travel should not present an appearance too similar to that of a corporation wash house.
1944 May and June, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Passenger Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 138
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