public convenience
a restroom, especially at a large public place, as at a railroad station.
Origin of public convenience
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How to use public convenience in a sentence
I have a problem with ‘Ladies’ as it sounds like a public convenience.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese may be changed and modified as public convenience may require, due regard being always had to the rights of property.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterThe force of public convenience would break the red-tape barrier like a cobweb.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherThe new-order churches consult the public convenience, and place every body on a level, as it might be.
Home as Found | James Fenimore CooperIndividuals have been too long already sacrificed to the public convenience.
History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 1 | George Ticknor Curtis
"public convenience should scarcely be sacrificed in this manner," grumbled out the former speaker.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for public convenience
a public lavatory, esp one in a public place
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