Turkish bath

Turkish bath

noun
a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.

Origin:
1635–45
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Turkish bath
 
n
1.  a type of bath in which the bather sweats freely in hot dry air, is then washed, often massaged, and has a cold plunge or shower
2.  (sometimes plural) an establishment where such a bath is obtainable

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