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2. Toilet roll holder - Wikipedia

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   A classic horizontal-axle, wall-mounted toilet roll holder. A toilet-roll holder, also known as a toilet paper dispenser, is an item that holds a roll of toilet paper. Common models include a hinged length of wire mounted horizontally on a wall, a thicker axle either recessed into a wall or mounted on a frame, or a freestanding vertical pole on ...

3. Joseph Gayetty - Wikipedia

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   Joseph C Gayetty [disputed – discuss]. Joseph C. Gayetty (c.1827 – May 2, 1895) was an American inventor credited with the invention of commercial toilet paper. [1] [2] [3] It was the first and remained only one of the few commercial toilet papers from 1857 to 1890 remaining in common use until the invention of splinter-free toilet paper in 1935 by the Northern Tissue Company.

4. Moen Incorporated - Wikipedia

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   Besides faucets and bath fixtures, other products manufactured by Moen include bathroom accessories such as towel bars and rings, toilet paper roll holders, and shower curtain rods. Moen also manufactures garbage disposals under its Anaheim Manufacturing Company subsidiary mainly under the Moen, Waste King, and Whirlaway names, as well as under ...

5. Garderobe - Wikipedia

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   Garderobe is the French word for "wardrobe", a lockable place where clothes and other items are stored.According to medieval architecture scholar Frank Bottomley, garderobes were "Properly, not a latrine or privy but a small room or large cupboard, usually adjoining the chamber [bedroom] or solar [living room] and providing safe-keeping for valuable clothes and other possessions of price ...

6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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   paper round (the job of making) a regular series of newspaper deliveries (US: paper route) paraffin kerosene paracetamol a common and widely available drug for the treatment of headaches, fever and other minor aches and pains (US: acetaminophen, Tylenol) parkie (informal) park-keeper parky (informal) cold, usually used in reference to the weather

7. American Brass Company - Wikipedia

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   But the Ansonia Brass and Battery Company joined the new firm in their place. [2] American Brass began operation on December 14, 1899. [1] [2] There were about 10,000 brass workers in the United States in 1900, and half of them worked for American Brass. [3] Benedict & Burnham and Holmes, Booth and Haydens became part of American Brass in 1901. [2]