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Definition of Bathwater
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bathwater
Literary usage of Bathwater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine (1893)
"As the Malayan has no Sandhi laws, compounds are only recognised by their having
a possessive suffix, eg bathwater is ajar ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1901)
"... according to the German proverb, of throwing out the child with the bathwater.
In arraigning that principle we are arraigning Christianity itself; ..."
3. The ... Year Book of Pediatrics (1903)
"It was noted as a point of interest that the bathwater was usually raised two
degrees; that is to say, water that was 90° when a child was placed in it, ..."
4. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress), Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1809)
"... observing by their experience, that ink made with bathwater, and the other
usual ingredients, had a better colour, and wsa more lasting than any other, ..."
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