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
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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
To pros, a light drizzle can be a lavatorial trigger.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 19, 2014
A Polly Waffle was a marshmallow chocolate bar on sale in Australia until 2009 - but because it was brown and cylindrical the term also came to refer, with lavatorial humour, to something else.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2014
And much as he lashed out at the Brits afterwards, I suspect even Bugg would have accepted a made-up award, then subtly suggested all future houseguests make use of his lavatorial facilities at least once.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2013
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 William Duthie
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