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lavabo

[luh-vey-boh, -vah-] / ləˈveɪ boʊ, -ˈvɑ- /


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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.

From Time Magazine Archive

An aumbry, lavabo, and piscina are all worthy of study.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé

We had six massive silver candlesticks on the altar, besides those at the sides for the Elevation; the cruets were of silver also, as were the basin for the lavabo, the bell, and the thurible.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard

In the entrance lobby is a lavabo by Mino da Fiesole, with two little boys of the whitest and softest marble on it, which is worth study.

From A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

The half-dozen guests and frequenters filled for a moment the little hall, some waiting to wash their hands at the primitive lavabo by the foot of the stairs.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball




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