lavabo

Example Sentences

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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.

From Time Magazine Archive

At mass, too, he would be served by none under the rank of an earl; and I heard that he would have a duke sometimes for his lavabo.

From The King's Achievement by Benson, Robert Hugh

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 Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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

All the other articles, too, were of silver: the lavabo basin, the bell, the thurible, the boat and spoon, and the cruets.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh