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toilet water

American  

noun

  1. a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.


toilet water British  

noun

  1. Also called: eau de toilette.  a form of liquid perfume lighter than cologne Compare cologne

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of toilet water

First recorded in 1850–55

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Then, intelligent people will be an endangered species and President Comacho will be riding on a Harley while worried about toilet water.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2024

When those tunnels are overwhelmed by rainwater, they release everything — rain, sink and toilet water — into the Seine.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2023

As payback, Antoine gave his dad a cup of toilet water with ice cubes in it.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2022

By 2030, toilet water could be deposited into rivers near treatment plants so it can be collected and processed as drinking water.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2022

They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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