lav

¹

[ lav ]

noun

, Informal.

1. lavatory.

LAV

²

abbreviation for

1. lymphadenopathy-associated virus. AIDS virus

lav

/ læv /

noun

1. informal.
   short for lavatory

Word History and Origins

Origin of lav¹

By shortening

Origin of lav²

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

I have before me scores of pages which reveal the way that Borrow became a lav-engro—a word-master.

From Project Gutenberg

“Stop your bosherin,” or “your bosh,” is what they would term flickin lav, or current phrase.

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There are also fields where cultivation is forbidden, the "Ham Klaik Lav."

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"J'ai mal lav la palette de Gros," was the wording of his own confession.

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I obtained in a lot of Italian copper a small quattrino, as it is called, with Lav.

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