plumbing fixture
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plumbing fixtures
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Some contemporary pedestal sinks look more like a modern art sculpture than a residential plumbing fixture.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
The Caltrans water truck was driving between job sites on the highway Friday afternoon when the brass cap from a plumbing fixture somehow came off the vehicle, spokesman Myeast McCauley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2016
Not since Marcel Duchamp submitted a porcelain urinal for exhibition at the 1917 Society of Independent Artists show has a plumbing fixture been so ennobled.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2016
But entering an oversize plumbing fixture to commune with classic modern art is like hearing Bach played by a man wearing a clown suit.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2012
The waste pipes from fixtures had to be so arranged that it would be impossible for foul odors and germ-laden air to enter the building through a plumbing fixture.
From Elements of Plumbing by Samuel Edward Dibble
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