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Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)
If there was a bathtub or geyser (shower) in it, then yes. That's what a bathroom was for, to take a bath in.
The toilet was called that, or the "cloakroom", because often in large houses there was a room where people hung their coats, left their boots, etc and there would be a small room at the back of that with a toilet in it. In the 19th and early 20th century a "lavatory" was not a toilet, but a room with washstands in it, most often found at boarding schools with a paucity of plumbing. Often "lavatories" had one tap where people filled their water jugs for use at the washstand.
The toilet was called that, or the "cloakroom", because often in large houses there was a room where people hung their coats, left their boots, etc and there would be a small room at the back of that with a toilet in it. In the 19th and early 20th century a "lavatory" was not a toilet, but a room with washstands in it, most often found at boarding schools with a paucity of plumbing. Often "lavatories" had one tap where people filled their water jugs for use at the washstand.
T.E. Kinsey
It never occurred to me to check. I'm not sure I mind, though. It's a handy way to describe the room where the bath is.
[edit] As far as I'm able to tell, yes. On the rare occasions when a house had a room with a bath in it, that would be called the bathroom. I'm still open to correction, but the word is a handy one, so I'll not be dropping it from future stories.
[another thought] If you mean the room with just a toilet and a wash basin in it, the English still don't call that a "bathroom". But you probably didn't mean that. Sorry.
[edit] As far as I'm able to tell, yes. On the rare occasions when a house had a room with a bath in it, that would be called the bathroom. I'm still open to correction, but the word is a handy one, so I'll not be dropping it from future stories.
[another thought] If you mean the room with just a toilet and a wash basin in it, the English still don't call that a "bathroom". But you probably didn't mean that. Sorry.
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