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n. The tap (of a pair) that produces cold water (the other being the hot tap)
Usage examples of "cold tap".
Holding her breath, she thrust the panties under the cold tap, rinsed them, wrung them out, and flung them back in the hamper.
The cold tap, still not fixed, dripped and dripped and dripped, water bouncing with a metallic twang into the empty sink.
He rinsed his hands under the cold tap, splashed some water on his forehead.
Stepping into the cubicle, he turned the cold tap on full force, and gasped as icy needles of water poured down upon his overheated flesh.
Folding it first, she thrust a corner under the cold tap over the sink, soaking it thoroughly before bringing it to Thom.
He put the stub of the fat cigar he had been smoking under the cold tap, turned the water on for a second while the brown stump sizzled and died, then threw the sodden remnant in the bin.
Water from the cold tap dripped into the sink, which held an assortment of brushes.
On the way to the bathroom my legs faltered and I knocked into the door but didn't fall, ran the cold tap and filled the basin, leaning on it and burying my face, my head, as I drew water into the parched body, seeking to quench the insatiable thirst that burned in it now - because fear does that, terror does that, it leaves the mouth dry as a husk.
He could hear women's voices downstairs until they were drowned by the rush of the cold tap.