lavabo
Example Sentences
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Room 39, Mademoiselle, has always been the lavabo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 other reliefs are Donatello's too; but the lavabo in the inner sacristy is Verrocchio's, and Verrocchio's tomb of Piero can never be overlooked even amid such a wealth of the greater master's work.
From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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 Gerard, John
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
