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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A room or booth containing a toilet and often a washbowl.

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  • noun chiefly UK a flush toilet, or the room, in a public place, containing one

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  • I wasn't able to leave the salle de bain either, Treeseed. See Free Association.

    February 6, 2008