Russian bath

Example Sentences

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Mancuso is first glimpsed in the second episode in his lair deep in the basement of a Russian bath house.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Across the hall Mr. James Barker, the rubbed-down, clean-shaven result of a Russian bath, a Swedish massage, and a bountiful American breakfast, stepped out of a French-gold elevator and entered the parlor.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie

To my view it is the objectionable feature of the Russian bath.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

The great objection to Turkish and Russian bath establishments is to be found in the unsatisfactory ventilation usual in such places.

From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr

It is a sort of intellectual Russian bath, in which the luxury consists in the exaggerated alternative between being scalded first and rolled in the snow afterwards.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James