hammamn.
A Turkish bath.
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1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. 1419 I went to the Hammam.
1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vi. 47 They have many Hammams or Wash-houses to bath themselves in.
1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. vi. 174 We proceeded to the public hummaum, or Turkish bath.
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 87 The first chamber of an oriental hamam.
1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 33 There..she is free from the jealous espionage of her lord, which stops at the hammam's threshhold.
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