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Meanings of Turkish bath in English

You sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower.

Usage of Turkish bath in English
1
He fled down to the Turkish bath, and stayed there for hours.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
2
If too weak to endure the Turkish bath, substitute a hot bath.
The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
3
No hot baths should be taken and a Turkish bath absolutely prohibited.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
4
You little knew what saponacity was till you entered a Turkish bath.
Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
5
But, for all that, the Turkish bath has served a purpose.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
6
Since the furnace was put in it's like a Turkish bath.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
7
Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkish bath.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
8
Perhaps it would also be a wise precaution to take a Turkish bath.
How It All Came Round
9
Mr. Prohack recalled that old Paul was a devotee of the Turkish bath.
Mr. Prohack
10
An occasional hot-air, or Turkish bath, exerts a very beneficial influence.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
11
Didn't they used to get the flesh off him in a Turkish bath?
Esther Waters
12
His valet applies this mixture with rubbing similar to that in a Turkish bath.
The Irish Times
13
Then a fella came in and wanted a Turkish bath.
The Beautiful and Damned
14
But the Turkish bath trained horses came to the post limp as old rags.
Esther Waters
15
He smiled at their eulogies, and passed on in search of a Turkish bath.
The Son of the Wolf
16
It suggested at once a hot-house and a Turkish bath.
The Nabob
This collocation consists of:
Turkish bath through the time
Turkish bath across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common