pissoir
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pissoir
French, from pisser to urinate
Example Sentences
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So, in praise of the public pissoir, here are some of London's toilet-based tales you didn't know you'd been waiting for.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022
To call a pissoir Fountain was to urinate on high culture – and that could not be a neutral gesture in 1917.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2018
In the French revue, "La Plume de Ma Tante," a sketch took place in a "pissoir," a word Shawn refused to allow Tynan to use in the magazine.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 20, 2015
My favourite is the pissoir in Great Ayton which marked an important moment in the independence of local government.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2012
Outside was a pissoir and stacked crates of empties.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
He has launched the last great prank, a plague of pissoirs – and over the next few years, we'll find ourselves drowning in Duchamp urinals, causing their value to go through the floor.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2010
Last week, as the Paris municipal council debated their continuance, the pissoirs got an eloquent defense from Councilor Rene Fayssat.
From Time Magazine Archive
For five years, a lanky sociologist from Fort Worth named William McLean prowled the boulevards, side streets, courtyards, back alleys and pissoirs of Paris, camera at the ready.
From Time Magazine Archive
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