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lavatory

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lavatory
noun
toilet, bathroom, facilities, urinal, privy, latrine, outhouse;
British WC, water closet, earth closet, public convenience, cloakroom, powder room;
North American washroom, rest room, men's room, ladies' room, commode, comfort station;
Philippines comfort room;
French pissoir;
Nautical head;
informal little girls' room, little boys' room, smallest room;
British, informal loo, bog, the Ladies, the Gents, khazi, lav, throne, thunderbox;
Northern English, informal netty;
North American, informal can, john, honey bucket;
Australian, New Zealand, informal dunny, little house;
vulgar slang pisser, shithouse, shitter;
archaic jakes, closet, garderobe.
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