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leak noun- an act of urination US, 1918
The verb “leak”, found in Shakespeare as a vulgar synonym for “urinate”, has been supplanted by the noun use of the term. - Can’t a man take a leak, Chief? — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 47, 1954
- [F]inally Wallenstein going to the head for a leak[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 77, 1958
- He went into the bushes to take a leak. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 183, 1958
- Oh, God, not even to take a leak in private. — Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, p. 416, 1966
- Poppa pulled the chain as he took a long, long leak. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 22, 1967
- He had to take a leak, too. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 16, 1968
- Then me bladder tells me I got to have a leak. — John O’Grady, It’s Your Shout, Mate!, p. 72, 1972
- In the Navy we are taught to wash our hands after a leak. — Martin Cameron, A Look at the Bright Side, 1988
- I needed to take a leak and I started to move around. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 197, 1990
- Can I go take a leak? — Airheads, 1994
- I could be in kharzi taking a leak when someone rings. — Kitty Churchill, Thinking of England, p. 162, 1995
- I was taking a leak! — Something About Mary, 1998
- Christ, I was only taking a leak! — Terry Southern, Now Dig This, p. 139, 2001
- an unauthorised disclosure of confidential or secret information; the person making such a disclosure US, 1939
- Thought there was a leak in the Manhattan District. The only leak was in their heads. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 53, 1949
- in casino gambling, any dealer error or weakness US
- — Michael Dalton, Blackjack, p. 61, 1991
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