Reverse Dictionary: LAVATORY

(includes PRIVY, URINAL)

ADJECTIVES
► TAKEN SHORT feeling desperate to make an emergency visit to the lavatory → M19 sl.

NOUNS
► ADVERTISING CLUB a men’s washroom → 1950s US homosexual 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.
 APPLE KNOCKER an outhouse; a privy → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ARTHUR’S OFFICE an outdoor toilet → 1941 Amer. dial. jocular usage
► ASS GASKET the paper protector that is placed over a lavatory seat to indicate its sanitized state → 1990s US students’ sl.
► AUNTIE ► AUNTY the lavatory → M19 sl.
► 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 → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 obs.
► 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.
► BIFFIE ► BIFFY a lavatory → 1942 US sl.
► BIG JOHN an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► 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 → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE ROOM an indoor toilet → 1950 Amer. jocular usage
► BOG a lavatory → a1789 Brit. sl.
► BOGHOUSE a toilet, esp. an outside toilet → Aust. sl.
► BOONIE an outdoor toilet → 1944 Amer. dial.
 BRASCO a toilet → 1981 Aust. prison sl. (Bk.)
► 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 ► CARSY a lavatory → 1961 Brit, sl.
► CASEY JONES an outhouse or toilet → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CAT BOX the toilet → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHAMBER OF COMMERCE a lavatory → 1900s African-American & students’ sl.
► CHICKEN COOP an outdoor toilet → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CHIC SALE a privy, an outside lavatory → 1940s US sl.
► CHIC SALE ► CHICK SALE  ► CHICK SALE SPECIAL ► CHIC SALE SPECIAL an outhouse. an outside toilet → 1950 Amer. dial.
an outhouse. an outside toilet → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CHIC SALES CLASSIC PALACE ► CHICK SALES CLASSIC PALACE 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
► COLLEGE a privy → 1892 Amer. dial. euphemism
► COMFORT STATION a public lavatory → US
► COMMODE an indoor toilet → 1965 Amer. dial.
► COMMUNE an outdoor toilet → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CORNER HOUSE an outside toilet → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COTTAGE a public lavatory used by male homosexuals for assignations → 1932 Brit. sl.
► COUCH a toilet → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► COURTHOUSE an outside toilet → 1969 Amer. dial.
► COVERED WAGON an outside toilet → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRANNY a privy or toilet → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRAP-HOUSE a privy; an outhouse; a disgusting place → 1939 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.
► CRESCENT an outdoor toilet → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRIB an outside toilet → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRIBBY an outside toilet → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CURSE-JOHN a privy, a latrine → 1735 US students’ sl. obs.
► CUS-JOHN ► CUZ-JOHN a privy, a latrine → 1735 US students’ sl. obs.
► CUZ the W.C. → 19C Brit. sl.
► DIKE ► DYKE a toilet → 1923 UK sl.
► DILBERRY-CREEK a privy → 19C Brit. sl.
► DIRT-HOUSE a privy → 1776 Sc.
► DOE a woman’s toilet → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DOLLAR HOUSE an outside toilet building → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DOLLHOUSE an outside toilet building → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DONEGAN a toilet or privy → 1926 Amer. dial.
► DONNICK a privy → 19C Eng. dial.
► DONNICKER a toilet or privy → 1931 Amer. dial.
► DOOLEY an outside toilet → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOUBLE U a W.C., a water-closet → 1914 colloq.
► DUCK a portable urinal for male hospital patients → 1980 US sl.
► DUNNEE ► DUNNIE ► DUNNY a lavatory, esp. an outside toilet → 1924 Aust. & NZ sl., orig. applied to an outdoor earth-closet
► DUNNEKIN an outside toilet; a privy, an outhouse → 1790 chiefly Eng. dial. & sl.
► 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 homosexual 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 → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GAB ROOM a women’s restroom where women are said to chatter → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► 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 → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GENTS’, THE a men’s convenience → 20C colloq.
► GOAT HOUSE an outdoor toilet → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GONG ► GONG HOUSE the toilet → 11C sl.
► GOOSE EGG an outdoor toilet → 1989 Amer. dial.
► GOOSEBERRY GRINDER an outside toilet → 1969 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 obs.
► 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
► HONEY-HOUSE a water-closet → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOOSEGOW a public restroom → E20 US sl.
► HOPPER a toilet → 1950s US sl.
► HOUSE OF EASE a privy → 1731 obs.
► HOUSE OF EASEMENT a privy → 1513 obs.
► 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 ► JAQUES 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 obs.
► JANE a women’s lavatory → 1950s US sl.
► JANKHOLE a privy → 19C Eng. dial.
► JERICHO a water-closet → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JOE a privy → 1847 Amer. dial.
► JOE HOUSE a privy → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JOHN a lavatory → 1932 sl. chiefly US
► JOHN HENRY an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHN HOUSE an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY an outhouse; a toilet → 1889 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY HOUSE an outhouse; a toilet → 1946 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.
► KLEINHUISIE an outdoor privy → 1960s S. Afr. sl.
► 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 privy; 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 usage
► 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 (AND DASH) a public lavatory → 1950s rhyming sl. for ‘slash’, chiefly criminal’s usage
► 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. 
► L’IL JOHN an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE BARN an outdoor privy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE BOYS’ ROOM ► LITTLE GIRLS’ ROOM the bathroom → 1993 euphemism (Bk.)
► 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 ► LOU the lavatory → L19 sl.
► LUA a toilet → 1938 Hawaii
► LULU a W.C. → E20 Brit. sl.
► MAGGIE AND JIGGS an outdoor toilet building → 1950 Amer. jocular usage
► 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 usage
► MASSER a privy, a jakes → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MATRASS a urinal → 1855
► 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.
► MR. JOHN an outdoor toilet building → 1965 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.
► NECESSARY an outhouse, 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.
► NELLIE’S HIDEOUT an outdoor toilet → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NESSY a privy, a ‘necessary’ → 1905 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NESSY-HOLE a privy, a ‘necessary’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NETTLE-HOUSE a privy, jakes → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NETTY a privy or water-closet → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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  a toilet, esp. one outdoors; a privy → 1727 sl.
► OFFICE-HOUSE a ‘house of office’; a privy → c1450 obs.
► OFFIE ► OFFY a privy, a dry closet → 1841 Sc.
► OFI a privy, an outhouse → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► 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.
► OLD SOLDIERS’ HOME a water closet → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► PETTY-HOUSE a water-closet → 19C colloq.
► PHONE BOX a temporary latrine → 2002 US sl.
► PISS-CAN a toilet or a chamber-pot → 20C US colloq.
 PISSER a urinal → L19 colloq.
► PISS-HOUSE an outside toilet; a privy → 1937 sl.
► PLACE a privy, a lavatory → 1901 euphemism
► PLACKET HOUSE an outdoor privy → 1960 Amer. dial.
► POKEY an indoor toilet → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POOR JOHNNY an outhouse; a toilet → 1965 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.
► PURGING PLACE a lavatory → 1577 obs.
► QUAKER’S BURYING-GROUND a privy → 19C Brit.
► QUEER PLACE a lavatory → 1940s sl.
► QUINCY an indoor toilet → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► ROOSEVELT ► ROOSEVELT BUILDING ► ROOSEVELT HIDEOUT ► ROOSEVELT HOUSE ► ROOSEVELT MONUMENT an outdoor toilet → 1955 Amer. dial.
► ROOST a toilet, especially an outdoors one → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ROUND HOUSE a women’s restroom → E20 US sl.
 SANDBOX a lavatory; a toilet → 1959 US sl.
► SAVOURY RISSOLE a lavatory; an unpleasant or dirty place or location → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘piss-hole’
► 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
► SECRET a privy → 1787 US
► SH’TOUSE a lavatory → 1941 Aust. sl.
► SHANTY ► 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.
► SHUNK a toilet → 1988 Sc. sl.
► SHUNKIE a toilet → 1988 Sc. sl.
► SIEGE a privy → c1440 obs.
► SINK a toilet, a latrine → Amer. World War I sl.
► SMALLEST ROOM the lavatory of a particular building → 1930 colloq.
► SMALL ROOM a lavatory → 1858 colloq.
► SMOKEHOUSE a privy; an outhouse → M20 US sl.
► STOOL a lavatory seat
► STOOL OF EASEMENT a privy → 1580 obs.
► STYX a urinal → 1904 school sl. (Bk.)
► SUB a bed urinal → Amer. World War I sl.
► SUBMARINE a bedpan; a urinal → Amer. World War I sl.
 SUPERLOO a large public convenience, esp. at a railway station, typically offering a range of washing facilities, including showers → 1965 UK colloq.
► SWIRLIE a forcibly immersing a person’s head in the bowl of a toilet as it is flushed, typically as a practical joke → 1970 US colloq.
► TEA-ROOM a public toilet → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► TELEPHONE BOOTH an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► THRONE 1. a toilet → 1922 US sl.
2. a lavatory bowl → 1922
► THUNDER-BOX applied to a portable commode, and hence, to any lavatory → 1939 sl.
► TINKLETORIUM a lavatory → 20C 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.
► T-ROOM a public toilet → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► TWILIGHT jocose for toilet → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TWINKLE-PALACE a toilet → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TWO-HOLER a privy or lavatory accommodating two people → 1971 US
► UNCLE a privy → L18 Brit. sl.
► UNCLE JOHN an outdoor toilet building → 1965 Amer. dial.
► UNCLE SAM’S ROOST a toilet, especially an outdoors one → 1968 Amer. dial.
► UNFLUSHABLE an outdoor privy compared to a water-flush toilet bowl → E20 US sl.
► UNFLUSHABLES outhouses → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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 an outdoor lavatory → 1930s Aust. sl.
► VAULT a necessary-house; a privy → 1617 obs.
► VERTICAL BATHTUB a wall-mounted men’s urinal → M20 US jocular usage
► W. a toilet or a bathroom → 19C Brit. colloq.
► WARDROBE a privy → 1382 obs.
► 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, THE an outside toilet → 1969 Amer. dial.
► WIDOW JONES an outhouse or toilet → 1900 Amer. students; 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.

NOUNS – LAVATORY PAPER
► ADMIRALTY BROWN toilet paper → 1961 Aust. sl., orig. Aust. Royal Navy usage
► 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’
► ARSE-PAPER ► ASS-PAPER lavatory paper → 1930s NZ & US sl.
► ARSEWIPE anything used to wipe oneself clean after defecation; later, toilet paper → 1677 sl.
► ASS PAPER toilet paper → 1939 US sl.
► ASS-WIPE toilet paper → 2000 US sl. (Bk.)
► ASS-WIPER toilet paper → 1950s sl.
► BATHROOM STATIONERY a roll of toilet paper → 1944 service sl. (Bk.)
► BOG BUMF toilet paper → 1984 UK sl.
► BOG ROLL toilet paper; a toilet roll → 20C Aust. sl.
► BUMF ► BUMPH toilet paper → 1889 UK sl.
► BUM-FODDER ‘soft paper for the necessary house’; toilet paper → 1653
► 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-WAD lavatory paper → 1990s 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.
► COB the paper-board cylinder on which toilet paper is usually wound → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DATE ROLL a toilet roll, toilet paper → 20C Aust. sl.
► FODDER toilet tissue → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAYETTY’S MEDICATED PAPER toilet paper → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► 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 ► 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.

NOUNS – 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 obs.
► HAUT-BOY a nightsoil carrier → 1820 US sl.
► JAKES-BARRELLER a man employed to clean out privies → 1596 obs.
► JAKES-FARMER a man employed to clean out privies → 1591 obs.
► JAKES-MAN a man employed to clean out privies → 1630 obs.
► JAKES-RAKER a man whose calling is to empty the cesspits of privies → L16 sl.
► POLEMAN a man employed to empty cesspools, outdoor privies, etc., at night and to remove the waste matter → 1615 obs.
► 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.

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 → 1999 Aust. euphemism (Bk.)
► GOING TO THE ANDES going to the outhouse or privy → 1947 Amer dial.
► GOING TO VISIT AUNTY going to the toilet → 1999 Aust. euphemism (Bk.)
► 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.

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 → 2004  (Bk.)
► 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 → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHECK THE SKI RACK to go to the bathroom → 1970 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 obs.
► 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 
► PEG OUT to go to, and use, the ‘water closet’ → L19 UK girls’ school usage
► PLUCK A ROSE to visit the privy → 17C colloq.
► 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 → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► WALK THE PONY to visit the lavatory → 1980s sl.
► WALK YOUR DOG to use the toilet → 1968 US sl.