bird bath

[Paul Frank]

An American visitor used the expression "bird bath" yesterday to refer
to a quick bath, or wash, with very little water. My paper edition of
the OED doesn't include this meaning of bird bath. DARE does have an
entry for it. My friend, who's originally from Massachusetts and who
recently left the army, says that she's always used the term.

Paul

Paul Frank
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