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

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

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

It has still rich vestments, fine woodwork, and a gay and elaborate lavabo by one of the della Robbias, with its wealth of ornament and colour and its charming Madonna and Child with angels.

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