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bog roll en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From bog + roll.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, informal, uncountable) Toilet paper.
    • "Aliens used up our bog roll?" "Just because they're aliens, it doesn't mean they don't have to visit the smallest room. Only, they probably do something weird and alienesque; like it comes out of the top of their heads, or something." 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:
  2. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, informal, uncountable) A roll of toilet paper.
    • This week on The Amazing Prize Giveaway Show, the grand prize is 10,000 bog rolls!

Forms

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Synonyms

toilet paper · bathroom tissue · loo roll · toilet tissue