Definitions

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  • noun informal Same as lavatory{5}; -- a shortened form of the word.

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  • noun UK, slang Lavatory.

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  • noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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Examples

  • Believe me, I'd rather chat about French farm hens or even Frango mint shakes (how I miss them!) but when you gotta go, you gotta go, and we all need to go forth in this, the language of love or, shall we say, "lav"?

    waters - French Word-A-Day 2007

  • Believe me, I'd rather chat about French farm hens or even Frango mint shakes (how I miss them!) but when you gotta go, you gotta go, and we all need to go forth in this, the language of love or, shall we say, "lav"?

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • Believe me, I'd rather chat about French farm hens or even Frango mint shakes (how I miss them!) but when you gotta go, you gotta go, and we all need to go forth in this, the language of love or, shall we say, "lav"?

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • Believe me, I'd rather chat about French farm hens or even Frango mint shakes how I miss them! but when you gotta go, you gotta go, and we all need to go forth in this, the language of love or, shall we say, "lav"?

    waters - French Word-A-Day 2007

  • Believe me, I'd rather chat about French farm hens or even Frango mint shakes how I miss them! but when you gotta go, you gotta go, and we all need to go forth in this, the language of love or, shall we say, "lav"?

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • Jim's a fair-weather raven, and this morning he was singing like a 'lav'rock in the glen.'"

    The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Jim's a fair-weather raven, and this morning he was singing like a 'lav'rock in the glen.'"

    The World for Sale, Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Jim's a fair-weather raven, and this morning he was singing like a 'lav'rock in the glen.'"

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • If they assault and spray/mark me from the side or behind, I must run to the lav and wash, wash, wash it off, and then run to the nearest bar and drink, drink, drink away the headache a cure I devised while quite young.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • If they assault and spray/mark me from the side or behind, I must run to the lav and wash, wash, wash it off, and then run to the nearest bar and drink, drink, drink away the headache a cure I devised while quite young.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

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