lavabo

Example Sentences

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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the "lavabo," as it is here called, a spacious room with an ostentatiously noisy rush of water which may be heard afar and awakens one at night.

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

In the sacristy, however, we may see in the present lavabo some fragments of the ancient ciborio.

From Ravenna, a Study by Hutton, Edward

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 Ball, Alec

In the sacristy are a Venetian lavabo, some embroideries, and a fine fifteenth-century processional cross.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)