lavatorial
Britishadjective
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of or in the style of decoration supposed to typify public lavatories
white lavatorial tiling
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characterized by excessive mention of lavatories and the excretory functions; vulgar or scatological
lavatorial humour
Example Sentences
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It had a "lazy reliance on lavatorial humour and casual misogyny", he wrote, with Watkins' performance "the biggest misfire".
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2016
It took me a few minutes to realise he was just being nice, partly because I couldn’t understand how he knew so much about the station’s lavatorial arrangements.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2015
To pros, a light drizzle can be a lavatorial trigger.
From Golf Digest • Aug. 19, 2014
Did It On 'Em and I Am Your Leader are classic braggadocio flows, in which Minaj proclaims her verbal dominance first in lavatorial, then in menacing style.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2012
Our beds were not always clean, and the lavatorial necessaries either deficient or wholly wanting, in which latter case the pump was our only substitute.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William
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