Sentence examples for for lavatory. from inspiring English sources

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Ms. Palmer keeps a pair of rubber gloves handy but has no patience for lavatory sloth.

1961 Quest for Lavatory Liberty A new war of independence was opened in the House of Commons today [July 4].

The list of words for lavatory (Letters, 25 February) reminds me of an incident in Uganda 60 years ago.

As well as the artistic links, dating to the painting of 1972, the urinals have linguistic distinction: the Geordie word "netty" for lavatory derives from Roman slang on Hadrian's Wall which became "gabinetto" in Italian.

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In the English language alone, there are very many words not just for lavatory – toilet, WC and restroom – but also for men and women.

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The details are terrific (no water for lavatories and everyone's on "meds") and as the tension mounts it becomes a real page turner when Sam discovers that everything is not quite what it seems, and action is taken to claw back humanity.

But London's love for lavatories, it seems, is hardly new.  .  .  .

The best, if not the most entertaining, signs for lavatories are those depicting a paper cut out-style man and a woman in the most basic form.

These primal images are, in fact, archetypes, which is why they have been very useful in the design of universally understood pictograms for lavatories; such archetypal imagery also informs the design of a plethora of signs found, for example, in international airports and major railway stations: for restaurants, cafes, bars, lifts, escalators and so on.

Does it also connote, in Powell's genteel usage, "rest area" (derived from restroom, euphemism for "toilet, loo, lavatory" or "baby changing-room")?

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