Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as toilet, 8.

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Examples

  • And he didn't want to find out how some of the equipment in the toilet-room was used.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • At the end of each compartment is a small toilet-room.

    A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

  • Hall, fuel building, terrace of States, and toilet-room buildings.

    Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

  • Steam, Gas, and Fuel Building, and cooling towers; Festival Hall; terrace of States, including pedestals and statuary; two pagoda restaurant buildings on Art Hill; four fire-engine houses; five toilet-room buildings; five band stands.

    Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

  • Entering the toilet-room at the rear of the car, he said, he had begun his ablutions by the side of another man, and it was as they were sluicing their faces with water that he heard the cry:

    Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 Various

  • Appartements de Madame de Maintenon, consisting of an antechamber, saloon, boudoir, and toilet-room.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • On some of the roads colored men and colored women are forced to use the same toilet-room.

    Is the Negro Having a Fair Chance? 1912

  • Entering the toilet-room at the rear of the car, he said, he had begun his ablutions by the side of another man, and it was as they were sluicing their faces with water that he heard the cry:

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • He never could bear to go half-dressed to the toilet-room as most men do, and stepped out of his berth fully appareled -- in a natty business sack-suit of Scots-gray, a high turn-down collar, fine enamel shoes and a rather noticeable tie.

    Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Herbert Quick 1893

  • Fortunately, there were no candidates except ourselves and a Russian friend for the six red velvet divans ranged round the walls of the tiny "ladies 'cabin," and the adjoining toilet-room, and the man of the party enjoyed complete seclusion in the men's cabin.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

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