LAVATORY – adjectives
– TAKEN SHORT feeling desperate to make an emergency visit to the lavatory …M19 sl.
lavatory – nouns
– ADVERTISING CLUB a men’s washroom …1950s US gay sl.
– AJAX an outhouse; a lavatory …L16 sl.
– ALTAR a toilet; the water-flush toilet bowl; a chamber pot …1920s US sl.
– ALTAR ROOM the lavatory …1920s sl.
– ANDY an outhouse, a privy …1947 Amer. dial.
– ANGUS ARMANASCO a lavatory …1980s Aust. sl.
– APPLEKNOCKER a privy …1975 Amer. dial.
– ARTHUR’S OFFICE an outdoor toilet …1941 Amer. dial. jocular
– AUNTIE JONES an outdoor toilet; a privy …1950 Amer. dial.
– AUNT JANE’S an outdoor toilet; a privy …c1960 Amer. dial.
– AUNT JANE’S ROOM an outdoor toilet …1939 US sl.
– AUNT JENNY’S an outdoor toilet; a privy …1966 Amer. dial.
– AUNT JERUSHA’S an outdoor toilet; a privy …1941 Amer. dial.
– AUNT MARY an outdoor toilet; a privy …1950 Amer. dial.
– AUNT SARAH’S an outdoor toilet; a privy …1966 Amer. dial.
– AUNT SUSIE an outdoor toilet; a privy …1939 Amer. dial.
– BACK a privy; a ‘backhouse’ …19C Brit.
– BACK-HOUSE a privy …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– BACK READING ROOM a toilet room or privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– BACKSIDE † the back premises, the back yard, outbuildings, attached to a dwelling; also, the privy …1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BACKY a backhouse; a privy …1908 Amer. dial.
– BACKY-HOUSE a backhouse; a privy …1949 Amer. dial.
– BAGGY an outdoor toilet …1970 Amer. dial.
– BANK a privy, the place where one makes a ‘deposit’ …20C US sl.
– BASEMENT a toilet room in a public school …1966 Amer. euphemism
– BATH WITH A PATH, THE an outside toilet building …1967 Amer. dial.
– BENCH-HOLE † a privy …1555.
– BENJO a toilet …1988 Aust. sl.
– BIDET originally, ‘a vessel on a low, narrow stand, which can be bestridden for bathing purposes’ …1766
– BIFF a lavatory …1956 US sl.
– BIFFY a lavatory …1942 US sl.
– BIG WHITE CHIEF the toilet bowl when vomiting into …1985 Aust. sl.
– BIG WHITE TELEPHONE the bowl of a toilet …1977 sl.
– BIO BREAK a lavatory break …Bk2006 US sl.
– BLUE ROOM an indoor toilet …1950 Amer. jocular
– BOG a lavatory …a1789 Brit. sl.
– BOGHOUSE a toilet, esp. an outside toilet …Aust. sl.
– BOONIE an outdoor toilet …1944 Amer. dial.
– BUCKS a men’s toilet …1981 Amer. dial.
– BUGHOUSE an outside toilet …1970 Amer. dial.
– CAB a lavatory …c1925 sl.
– CABINE an outhouse …1961 Amer. dial. (Louisiana)
– CABINET D’AISANCE a W.C.; a restroom …Fr. sl.
– CACATORIUM an old term for a lavatory, an old outhouse …19C sl. Brit. sl.
– CALIFORNIA HOUSE an outside toilet building …1970 Amer. dial.
– CAN a restroom or toilet … 1900 US & Can. colloq.
– CARSEY a lavatory …1961 Brit, sl.
– CARSY a lavatory …1961 Brit, sl.
– CASEY JONES an outhouse or toilet …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHAMBER OF COMMERCE a lavatory …1900s US Black & campus sl.
– CHICKEN COOP an outdoor toilet …1970 Amer. dial.
– CHIC SALE a privy, an outside lavatory …1940s US sl.
– CHIC SALE, CHICK SALE an outhouse. an outside toilet …1950 Amer. dial.
– CHIC SALES CLASSIC PALACE, CHICK SALES CLASSIC PALACE an outhouse. an outside toilet …1950 Amer. dial.
– CHIC SALE SPECIAL, CHICK SALE SPECIAL an outhouse. an outside toilet …1950 Amer. dial.
– CHINESE LADY a multiple-seat toilet …1998 NZ sl.
– CLOAKROOM euphemism for a lavatory, a room containing a number of lavatories …L19 Brit.
– CLOSET 1. a privy; a water closet …18C colloq.
2. the water tank of a modern toilet …20C US
– CLOSET OF DECENCY a water closet; a privy …19C Brit. euphemism
– CLOSET OF EASE a privy …M17 Brit.
– CLOSET STOOL the toilet; the water-flush basin found in a bathroom …20C US
– COMFORT STATION a public lavatory …US
– COTTAGE a public lavatory used by male homosexuals for assignations …1932 Brit. sl.
– COURTESY FLUSH a mid-defecation flush of the toilet as a courtesy to others in a bathroom or other prisoners in the cell …1996 US sl.
– CRAP-HOUSE a privy; an outhouse …20C US colloq. & sl.
– CRAPPER a lavatory; a privy, outhouse, or restroom …1927 sl.
– CRAPPING CAN a toilet or outhouse …1965 Amer. dial.
– CRAPPING-CASA a privy or outhouse …19C sl.
– CRAPPING-CASE a privy or outhouse …19C sl.
– CRAPPING-CASTLE a privy or outhouse …19C sl.
– CRAPPING-KEN a privy or outhouse …19C sl.
– CURSE-JOHN † a privy, a latrine …1735 US college sl.
– CUS-JOHN, CUZ-JOHN † a privy, a latrine …1735 US college sl.
– CUZ the W.C. …19C Brit. sl.
– DIKE, DYKE a lavatory …1923 sl.
– DILBERRY-CREEK a privy …19C Brit. sl.
– DIRT-HOUSE a privy …1776 Sc.
– DONNICK a privy …19C Eng. dial.
– DUCK a portable urinal for male hospital patients …1980 US sl.
– DUNNEKIN an outside toilet; a privy, an outhouse …1790 sl.
– DUNNEE, DUNNIE, DUNNY a lavatory, esp. an outside toilet …1924 Aust. & NZ sl., orig. applied to an outdoor earth-closet
– EARTH CLOSET a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
– EDUCATED BACKHOUSE a flush toilet …1966 Amer. dial.
– EGYPT an outdoor toilet …1984 Amer. dial.
– ELEANOR an outdoor toilet for women …1973 Amer. dial.
– ESCUSADA a toilet …1962 Amer. dial. euphemism
– EXCUSE HOUSE an outside toilet building …1970 Amer. euphemism
– EXCUSE ME, THE a toilet; a bathroom; a restroom …20C euphemism, rhyming of ‘W.C.’
– FAIRY GLEN a lavatory…c1945 railwaymen’s sl.
– FAIRY’S PHONEBOOTH a public lavatory cubicle …1960s US gay sl.
– FAMILY TREE, THE the lavatory …c1930 Brit. rhyming sl., chiefly Services’ usage
– FEDERAL BUILDING an outdoor toilet …1949 Amer. dial.
– FILLY an outside toilet …1967 Amer. dial.
– FIRST NATIONAL BANK an outside toilet building …1967 Amer. dial.
– FLAMING FURY a toilet built over a deep pit in the ground, the contents of which are periodically set alight …1960 Aust. sl.
– FLUSHER a toilet …Bk2006 US sl.
– GARDEN-HOUSE a privy …1886 Eng. & Amer dial.
– GARDEROBE 1. properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept, a storeroom, wardrobe; hence, a private room, a bed-chamber; also, a privy, some which were built in castles extended outward from the castle walls and opened from great heights into a moat below …1333-4 now only Hist.
2. any privy …19C Brit. sl.
– GASH-BUCKET a refuse bucket; a bucket used as a urinal …sl.
– GENTS’, THE a men’s convenience …20C colloq.
– GOAT HOUSE an outdoor toilet …1970 Amer. dial.
– GOOSEBERRY GRINDER an outside toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE EGG an outdoor toilet …1989 Amer. dial.
– GOVERNMENT HOUSE an outside toilet building …1968 Amer. dial.
– GRAB ROOM a women’s restroom …M20 US sl.
– GREAT WHITE CHIEF the toilet bowl when vomiting into …1985 Aust. sl.
– GREENHOUSE an outside toilet building …1968 Amer. dial.
– GROWLER a toilet …1970 Amer. sl.
– GRUNT BOX an outside toilet …1966 Amer. dial.
– GULF a public restroom …E20 US sl.
– GUTBUCKET a toilet or chamber pot …1942 Amer. sl.
– GUTTER-ALLEY † a urinal …c1850
– HALF-MOON an outhouse, a privy …1950 Amer. euphemism
– HALF-MOON HOUSE an outhouse, a privy …1966 Amer. euphemism
– HEAD 1. the toilet on a ship …19C colloq.
2. any lavatory; a toilet …1942 Amer. sl., orig. nautical & US Marine Corps
– HOOSEGOW a public restroom …E20 US sl.
– HOPPER a toilet …1950s US sl.
– HOUSE OF EASE † a privy …1731
– HOUSE OF EASEMENT † a privy …1513
– HOUSE OF LORDS a lavatory; a men’s urinal …1961 Brit. euphemism or jocular
– HOUSE OF OFFICE a privy …16C Brit.
– ILIE NASTASE the lavatory …1990s rhyming sl.
– INTELLIGENCE CENTRE a field latrine …1991 US Gulf war usage
– IVY COTTAGE an outside privy …L19 euphemism colloq.
– IVY-COVERED COTTAGE an outdoor privy …19C Brit. & US colloq.
– JACK a privy …1695
– JACK-HOUSE a privy …1935 Amer. dial.
– JACKS a privy …1695
– JACQUES a privy; an outhouse …E16 sl.
– JAKE a toilet or W.C., usually for men …20C US colloq.
– JAKE-HOUSE a privy …20C US colloq.
– JAKES a privy …1530
– JAKES-HOUSE † a privy …1577
– JANE a women’s lavatory …1950s US sl.
– JANKHOLE a privy …19C Eng. dial.
– JAQUES a privy …E16
– JERICHO a water-closet …Bk1896 sl.
– JOE a W.C.; a urinal …20C US sl.
– JOHN a lavatory …1932 sl. chiefly US
– JOHNNY a toilet; a bathroom …1932 sl.
– JOHNNY HOUSE a toilet; a bathroom …Amer. dial.
– JONES’ PLACE an outhouse or toilet …1942 Amer. dial.
– KAKPOT a latrine …1970s S. Afr. criminals’ sl.
– KALAHARI WISHING WELL an outdoor privy …1970s S. Afr. sl.
– KARSEY, KARZEY, KARZY a lavatory …1961 Brit, sl.
– KIBO, KYBO a privy …1970s US sl.
– KING TUT’S TOMB an outdoor toilet building …1968 Amer. dial.
– LA a lavatory, a public convenience …c1945 Aust. sl.
– LABORATORY a toilet …1967 Amer. dial.
– LADIES a ladies’ lavatory …1930s sl.
– LADIES’ WALK a women’s restroom; a W.C. …19C US sl.
– LAGGER a water-closet …L19 Brit. sl.
– LA-LA a lavatory …1963 Aust. sl.
– LAST CHANCE an outside toilet building …1966 Amer. dial. jocular
– LAST RESORT the W.C. …20C US jocular euphemism
– LAT the latrine; a privy or a W.C. …1927 Brit. military sl.
– LATHOUSE a latrine …Amer. World War I sl.
– LATS, THE the latrine; a privy or a W.C. …M20 Brit. military sl.
– LAV a lavatory …1913 Brit. sl.
– LAVO a W.C. …E20 Aust. sl.
– LAVVY, LAVY a lavatory …1961 Brit. sl.
– LEAKERY a privy or a latrine; a male urinal …20C Aust. sl.
– LEAK-HOUSE a privy or a latrine; a male urinal …20C Aust. sl.
– LEMON a wash-place (public lavatory) …c1950 Brit. sl., (Lemon and Dash) orig. and chiefly criminals’ usage
– LEMON AND DASH a public lavatory …1950s rhyming sl. for ‘slash’
– LIBRARY any privy or W.C. in reference to the reading one might do while seated there …1931-33 Amer. euphemism
– LIGHT AND BITTER a shitter, a toilet …2003 UK rhyming sl.
– LITTLE BARN an outdoor privy …1967 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE BROWN HOUSE an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE BROWN SHACK an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE GARDEN HOUSE an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE GIRLS’ ROOM a toilet, esp. one for women …1949 US sl.
– LITTLE GREEN HOUSE an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE HOUSE an outdoor privy …1789 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE HOUSE BEHIND THE BIG HOUSE an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE MARY DOLL HOUSE an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE OFFICE an outdoor privy …1967 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE SHED an outdoor privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE WHITE HOUSE OUTSIDE an outdoor privy …1986 Amer. dial.
– LIZZY an outside toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– LOB, THE a W.C. …20C Brit. sl.
– LONG DROP an outdoor privy …1970s S. Afr. sl.
– LOO the lavatory …L19 sl.
– LOU the lavatory …L19 sl.
– LULU a W.C. …E20 Brit. sl.
– MAGGIE AND JIGGS an outdoor toilet building …1950 Amer. jocular
– MARBLE PALACE a toilet, esp. a marble-finished public restroom …20C US sl.
– MA’S ROOM a women’s indoor toilet …1967 Amer. dial. jocular
– MASSER a privy, a jakes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIDDEN any place or receptacle for dirt and rubbish; the cesspool of a privy …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MISS JANET an outhouse or toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– MISS JONES an outhouse or toilet …1941 Amer. dial.
– MOAB a lavatory …c1860 Brit. sl.
– MOON AND STARS an outhouse …1966 Amer. dial.
– MOONHOUSE an outhouse …1966 Amer. dial.
– MOSES an indoor toilet …1968 Amer. dial.
– MOTHER JONES an outside toilet …1967 Amer. dial.
– MRS. CHANT’S a lavatory …1950s rhyming sl. for ‘My Aunt’
– MRS. JONES an outhouse or toilet …1899 Amer. dial.
– MRS. JONES’S PLACE a W.C.; a toilet …19C colloq.
– MRS. MURPHY an outhouse or toilet …1968 Amer. dial.
– MY UNCLE’S a privy …L18 sl.
– NECESSARIES the lavatory …17C sl.
– NECESSARIUM a privy …20C sl.
– NECESSSARY a privy …1611 colloq.
– NECESSARY CHAMBER a privy …17C Brit.
– NECESSARY HOUSE † a privy …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NECESSARY STOOL † a privy …1761 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NECESSARY VAULT † a privy …1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NEIGHBOR JONES an outhouse or toilet …1941 Amer. dial.
– NESSY a privy, a ‘necessary’ …Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NESSY-HOLE a privy, a ‘necessary’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NETTLE-HOUSE a privy, jakes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NETTY a privy or water-closet …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NIGHT WORK at night: urination or defecation other than in a toilet …1959 Trinidad and Tobago
– NOOSHNICK, NOOSHNIK, NUSHNIK a privy …1945 Amer. dial.
– ODD HOUSE an outside toilet building …1969 Amer. dial.
– OFFICE n. a toilet, esp. one outdoors; a privy …1727 sl.
– OFFICE-HOUSE † a ‘house of office’; a privy …c1450
– OFFIE, OFFY a privy, a dry closet …1841 Sc.
– OFI a privy, an outhouse …Bk1905 Sc.
– OLD FORT COMFORT an outhouse …1967 Amer. dial.
– OLD MAID an outdoor toilet …1950 Amer. dial. euphemism
– OLD POINT COMFORT an outhouse …1967 Amer. dial.
– OM-TIDDLY-OM-POM a lavatory …1910s sl.
– ONE-HOLER a single outside lavatory or privy …20C sl.
– OUTDOOR LIBRARY an outside toilet building …1965 Amer. dial.
– OUTDOOR PLUMBING a privy; an outhouse …20C US colloq.
– PARLIAMENT a privy …L19 sl.
– PARLIAMENT BUILDING an outside toilet building …1966 Amer. dial.
– PARLIAMENT HOUSE an outside toilet building …1966 Amer. dial.
– PATH, THE the path to the garden privy; the privy itself …1967 US colloq.
– PATH HOUSE an outside toilet building …1967 Amer. dial.
– PHONE BOX a temporary latrine …2002 US sl.
– PISS-CAN a toilet or a chamber-pot …20C US colloq.
– PISSER a urinal …19C colloq.
– PISS-HOUSE an outside toilet; a privy …1937 sl.
– PLACE a lavatory …1901 euphemism
– PLACKET HOUSE an outdoor privy …1960 Amer. dial.
– POKEY an indoor toilet …1968 Amer. dial.
– POST OFFICE a toilet, esp. one outdoors …1950 US sl.
– POT 1. a urinal; a chamber pot; later, a water-flush toilet bowl …17C colloq.
2. a toilet, esp. an indoor one …1942 US sl.
– POUT-HOUSE an outdoor toilet …1968 Amer. dial.
– POUTING-HOUSE an outdoor toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– PUKE HOLE a toilet … Amer. sl.
– QUAKER’S BURYING-GROUND a privy …19C Brit.
– QUEER PLACE a lavatory …1940s sl.
– RABBITER’S BREAKFAST a visit to the toilet and a cigarette …1975 NZ sl.
– RAG AND BONE the lavatory …1920s rhyming sl. for ‘throne’
– READING ROOM a toilet room or privy …1950 Amer. dial.
– REAR a jakes; a lavatory …1903 sl., orig. school and university
– RECESS a prison lavatory …1950 criminals’ sl.
– RESTING ROOM an indoor toilet in a house; an outhouse …1965 Amer. dial.
– REST ROOM an indoor toilet in a house; an outhouse …1950 Amer. dial.
– ROMAN FOUNTAINS urinals …1960s homosexual sl.
– ROUND HOUSE a women’s restroom …E20 US sl.
– SANDBOX a toilet, a lavatory …1968 US sl.
– SAVOURY RISSOLE a lavatory …20C rhyming sl. for ‘pisshole’
– SCENT-BOTTLE a water-closet …1887 euphemism
– SCOTCH ORDINARY a privy …c1670 sl.
– SEARS AND ROEBUCK an outdoor toilet …1966 Amer. dial.
– SEARS-ROEBUCK HEADQUARTERS an outdoor toilet …1950 Amer. dial.
– SEARS-ROEBUCK HOUSE an outdoor toilet …1954 Amer. dial.
– SEARS-ROEBUCK LIBRARY an outdoor toilet …1966 Amer. dial.
– SEARS-ROEBUCK STOREROOM an outdoor toilet …1950 Amer. dial.
– SEAT OF EASE a privy …c1850
– SHANTY an outdoor toilet building; a privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– SHANTY HOUSE an outdoor toilet building; a privy …1965 Amer. dial.
– SHITE-HOUSE a toilet, usually an outdoor one; an outhouse, a privy …1680 sl.
– SHITHOUSE a toilet, usually an outdoor one; an outhouse, a privy …1659 sl.
– SHITTER a lavatory, a commode …1960s US sl.
– SHOUSE a lavatory, esp. an outdoor one …1941 Aust. sl.
– SHOUSH a lavatory …1941 Aust. sl.
– SH’TOUSE a lavatory …1941 Aust. sl.
– SHUNK a toilet …1988 Sc. sl.
– SHUNKIE a toilet …1988 Sc. sl.
– SIEGE † a privy …c1440
– SINK a toilet, a latrine …Amer. World War I sl.
– SMOKEHOUSE a privy; an outhouse …M20 US sl.
– STOOL a lavatory seat
– STOOL OF EASEMENT † a privy …1580
– STYX a urinal …Bk1904 school sl.
– SUB a bed urinal …Amer. World War I sl.
– SUBMARINE a bedpan; a urinal …Amer. World War I sl.
– TEA ROOM a public lavatory used by homosexuals for assignations …1970 US sl.
– TELEPHONE BOOTH an outdoor toilet building …1965 Amer. dial.
– THUNDER-BOX applied to a portable commode, and hence, to any lavatory …1939 sl.
– TOOL HOUSE a urinal …1960s Irish sl.
– TOOT a lavatory …1965 Aust. sl.
– TOWN HOUSE an outside toilet building …1959 Amer. dial.
– TRAPPING CAN a toilet or outhouse …1965 Amer. dial.
– TWILIGHT jocose for toilet …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TWINKLE-PALACE the toilet …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– UNCLE a privy …L18 Brit. sl.
– UNFLUSHABLE an outdoor privy compared to a water-flush toilet bowl …E20 US sl.
– UPSTAIRS a lavatory …1970s sl.
– USED-BEER DEPARTMENT the lavatory in a bar …1920s Aust. & Can. sl.
– USED COFFEE DEPARTMENT a toilet …1995 US sl.
– VAN DYKE a lavatory …1930s Aust. sl.
– VAULT † a necessary-house; a privy …1617
– VERTICAL BATHTUB a wall-mounted men’s urinal …M20 US jocular
– W. a toilet or a bathroom …19C Brit. colloq.
– WARDROBE † a privy …1382
– WEE HOUSE an outdoor privy …1981 Amer. dial.
– WEST-CENTRAL a W.C.; a bathroom or privy …19C Brit. sl.
– WHERE THE QUEEN GOES ON FOOT the W.C.; the bathroom …19C Brit. euphemism
– WHITE HOUSE an outhouse …1967 Amer. dial.
– WHIZ-STAND a urinal, usually a male urinal …M20 US sl.
– WIDOW an outhouse or toilet …1900 Amer. college sl.
– WIDOW, THE an outside toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– WIDOW JONES an outhouse or toilet …1900 Amer. college sl.
– WIDOW JONES HOUSE an outside toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– WIDOW JONES PLACE a W.C.; a toilet …19C colloq.
– X a toilet or privy …20C US sl.
– YARD a toilet …1990s Irish sl.
– ZERO a privy …1970 Amer. dial.
lavatory – nouns, lavatory paper
– ALABAMA KLEENEX toilet paper or absorbent kitchen paper …1960s US sl.
– AMMO toilet paper …Amer. sl.
– AMMUNITION toilet tissue …19C Brit. & Amer. sl.
– ARMY FORM BLANK toilet paper …World War II army usage, chiefly officers’
– ARSEWIPE anything used to wipe oneself clean after defecation; later, toilet paper …1677 sl.
– ASS PAPER toilet paper …1939 US sl.
– ASS WIPE material for wiping the anus; toilet paper …1958 Amer. sl.
– BATHROOM STATIONERY a roll of toilet paper …Bk1944 service sl.
– BOG BUMF toilet paper …1984 UK sl.
– BUMF toilet paper …1889 UK sl.
– BUM-FODDER ‘soft paper for the necessary house’; toilet paper …1653
– BUMPH toilet paper …1889 UK sl.
– BUM WAD toilet paper, or anything else used for the same purpose …1936 Amer. dial.
– BUNG-FODDER lavatory paper …L17 sl.
– BUNGWAD lavatory paper …1920s US sl.
– BUTT-WIPE toilet tissue; hence, a worthless, contemptible person …1971 Amer. sl.
– CAN-PAPER toilet paper …20C US sl.
– CLOSET-MAN a sanitary inspector; an inspector of privies …20C sl.
– DATE ROLL a toilet roll, toilet paper …20C Aust. sl.
– FODDER toilet tissue …19C Brit. sl.
– PACK OF POO TICKETS a lavatory roll …1990s Aust. sl.
– SHIT PAPER toilet paper …1968 sl.
– SHIT TICKET a sheet of lavatory paper …1990s US juvenile sl.
– TAIL TIMBER lavatory paper …L19 sl.
– TORCH-CUL lavatory paper …L17 sl.
– TORCHECUL lavatory paper …L17 sl.
– WOODMAN’S CHARMIN any of a variety of plants having broad, soft leaves …1966 Amer. dial.
– WOODSMAN’S TOILET PAPER any of a variety of plants having broad, soft leaves …2001 Amer. dial.
lavatory – person
– DAN a man in charge of a male public convenience …c1920 sl.
– DUNG FARMER * a person who empties or cleans out privies …1655
– GONG-FARMER † one who removed excrement from privies, etc. …c1440
– HAUT-BOY a nightsoil carrier …1820 US sl.
– JAKES-BARRELLER † a man employed to clean out privies …1596
– JAKES-FARMER † a man employed to clean out privies …1591
– JAKES-MAN † a man employed to clean out privies …1630
– JAKES-RAKER a man whose calling is to empty the cesspits of privies …L16 sl.
– SANITARY MAN a cleaner of lavatories …1933 euphemism
– SCAVENGER a privy-cleaner …1906 Amer. dial.
– SCAVENGER MAN a privy-cleaner …1986 Amer. dial.
– TOM TURDMAN the man who hauls away excrement; a cleaner of privies …L18 Brit. sl.
– TURDMAN the man who hauls away excrement; a cleaner of privies …L18 Brit. sl.
– TURD-WALLOPER the man who carts away dung from privies …20C Brit. sl.
lavatory – verbs
– ANSWER NATURE’S CALL to retire to the W.C.; to defecate or urinate …20C euphemism
– ANSWER THE CALL OF NATURE to go to the bathroom to relieve oneself …Bk2004
– BAKE IT to refrain from visiting the lavatory, however desperate the need to defecate …L19 sl.
– BE EXCUSED to be allowed to visit the lavatory …1950s chiefly school usage
– CHASE A RABBIT to go to the toilet …1941 Amer. dial. euphemism
– CHECK OUT THE PLUMBING to go to the bathroom …Bk2006 US sl.
– DO ONE’S BUSINESS to go to the lavatory; esp. used when addressing children …1645 euphemism
– DO ONE’S DUTY to urinate, to defecate; to go to the lavatory …20C euphemism
– DO ONE’S THINGS to go to the lavatory; esp. used when addressing children …M19 euphemism
– DRAW AN ACE to produce a clean sheet of toilet paper, having wiped one’s anus thoroughly …1990s sl.
– FLY TO THE PORCELAIN GODDESS to go the bathroom …1978 sl.
– GO BACKWARD † to retire for a necessary purpose …1748
– GO FOR AN OATIE to go to the toilet …1996 NZ sl.
– GO OUT to go to the privy; to relieve oneself …1934 Amer. dial.
– GO OUTDOORS to go to the privy; to relieve oneself …1954 Amer. dial.
– GO OUTSIDE to go to the privy; to relieve oneself …1984 Amer. dial.
– GO ROUND THE HAYSTACK to pay a visit to the toilet …1960 UK sl.
– GO SEE MISS JANET to go to the toilet …1969 Amer. dial.
– GO TO SEE MRS. JONES to go to the privy …1899 Amer. dial.
– GO TO SEE THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE to go to the outhouse …1967 Amer. dial.
– LEAVE THE ROOM to retire to the W.C.; to depart to the restroom …20C US euphemism
– PAY A CALL to go to the lavatory
– SIT DOWN to go to the toilet …1968 Amer. euphemism
– VISIT MRS. CHANT’S to go to the lavatory …1950s sl.
– VISIT ONE’S UNCLE to go to the privy …L18 Brit. sl.
– VISIT THE PLUMBING to go to the bathroom …Bk2006 US sl.
– WALK THE PONY to visit the lavatory …1980s sl.
– WALK YOUR DOG to use the toilet …1968 US sl.
lavatory – phrases
– AFTER YOU WITH THE PO, JANE refers to the need to take turns in using and outdoor privy …L19 sl.
– DO ONE FOR ME addressed by one male to another who is on his way to the lavatory and who may reply, “Which side do you shake it?” …20C sl.
– GOING TO SEE A STAR ABOUT A TWINKLE going to the toilet …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GOING TO THE ANDES going to the outhouse or privy …1947 Amer dial.
– GOING TO VISIT AUNTY going to the toilet …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– NATURE CALLS used for announcing, and for excusing yourself for, a needed visit to the toilet; the condition of needing to relieve yourself …1984 Brit. sl.
LAVENDER – nouns
• NEPS the dried flower buds of lavender …1865 Eng. dial.
LAVISH, LAVISHLY – ADJECTIVES
– lavish and expensive • RITZY Bk1995 US sl.
– lavish, extravagant, lordly, aristocratic • LAIRDLY c1850 Sc.
– lavish, extravagant, over-liberal; spending more than is needed • IMPENDIOUS 1623 obs. rare
– lavish, extravagant, sumptuous; costly, expensive • DISPENDIOUS 1727
– lavish or extravagant in expenditure • SPENSEFUL 1600 obs.
– lavish, prodigal, liberal in expenditure • LARGE c1175 obs.
– lavish, profuse • FALLAUGE Bk1900 Sc.
– lavish, profuse • VALAWISH Bk1905 Sc. obs.
– lavish, profuse, prodigal with money • VOLAGE 1825 Sc.
– lavish, wasteful • HAGLESS 1908 Sc.
– nobly lavish or munificent • MAGNIFIC 1611 obs.
LAVISH etc. – ADVERBS
– lavishly, or on a large scale • ON THE BIG FIGURE 1848 Amer. sl.
LAVISH etc. – VERBS
– to do things in a lavish way • GO IT ON THE BIG FIGURE 1831 Amer. sl.
– to do things in a lavish way • GO THE BIG FIGURE 1831 Amer. sl. 1994
– to lavish, to waste; to scatter, to spread about • SCALE • SKAIL • SKALE 1776 Sc.
– to live lavishly • LIVE AT RANDOM 1876 Eng. dial.
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