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toilet noun- an inferior venue UK
- They’ve been building up a loyal fanbase in South Wales and playing every toilet in this fair isle[.] — Rock Sound, p. 11, March 2002
- in the used car business, a used car with serious hygiene issues US
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcycle Slang, p. 204, 1992
- a person as a sex object US
- “I want him” has become “I want his ass” and people are things, receivers, sex-machines, even toilets. — Maledicta, p. 225, Winter 1980
- fat buttocks BAHAMAS
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 208, 1982
- a casino US
An insider term. - — Lee Solkey, Dummy Up and Deal, p. 122, 1980
▶ in the toilet- lost, wasted US
- Do I got to sit here and listen to a sermon when I’m eighty bucks in the toilet? — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 245, 1987
- in serious trouble US
- Then Jersey legalized gambling and pretty soon the local numbers industry was in the toilet. — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 15, 2001
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