dunny

American  

[duhn-ee] / ˈdʌn i /

noun

Australian Slang.

dunnies plural

1. an outside privy; outhouse.

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dunny British  

/ ˈdʌnɪ /

noun

1. dialect a cellar or basement

2. dialect another word for dunnakin

3. informal

   1. an outside lavatory

   2. ( as modifier )

      a dunny roll

      a dunny seat

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• dunnies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dunny

1780–90; shortening of earlier dial. and criminal argot dunnekin outhouse, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down - a way of wishing someone bad luck.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2014

Or touch the papery bark, flaking down, down around the grey dunny,* into opalescent scales.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nevertheless, Ezekiel put some pork and hard-bread in his dunny bag, and made ready his gaff and tow-lines, lest, by chance, the weather should promise fair at midnight.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

Lord Clive taking the dunny from the Mogul.

From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel

"Breeds" denotes the brim of a hat, and a deaf man is said to be "dunch" or "dunny."

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur