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toilet

/ˈtɔɪ.lət/ noun A1
  1. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. · My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.
  2. A very shabby or dirty place. (figuratively)
  3. A woman.

Plural toilets

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Some of the inmates of the “Lions’ Den” were watching the operations of the prisoner’s toilet with considerable interest.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1037 · C1
But in Anne’s room the blind was drawn and the lamp lighted, for an important toilet was being made.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1
There was no “mahogany furniture,” but there was a white-painted bookcase filled with books, a cushioned wicker rocker, a toilet table befrilled with white muslin, a quaint, gilt-framed mirror with chubby pink Cupids and purple grapes painted over its arched top, that used to hang in the spare room, and a low white bed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1
So much of the hero’s toilet may be intrusted to our confidence.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 26 · C1

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