bathing machine

[bey-thing-muh-sheen]

bath·ing-ma·chine

[bey-thing-muh-sheen]
noun
a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.

Origin:
1765–75
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Bathing machine is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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bathing machine (ˈbeɪðɪŋ)
 
n
a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes

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