Jawbox

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tenement sink. Scotland, dated

    "After a week he had to accept that he was growing a black beard, not because he wanted one, but because he could think of no way of shaving. There was a jaw-box in the tiny kitchen but no taps."

Synonyms

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jaw-hole

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"After a week he had to accept that he was growing a black beard, not because he wanted one, but because he could think of no way of shaving. There was a jaw-box in the tiny kitchen but no taps."

Etymology

From jaw + box, from jaw (“to pour, throw out, splash”).

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