What does wash-over mean?

wash-over

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

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""It's bloody, having a wash-over at a basin, and half the time that's choked up and has to be poked out with a bit of wire. And look at the towels that old bitch hands us out - worn to threads. I'd like to soak for an hour in bath-salts to get the sweat and greasepaint off me.""

wash-overs (plural)

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