dunny can en · NOUN
Etymology
From dunny + can.
Meanings
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(Australia, colloquial) A toilet.
Looking after chooks and feeding dogs were bad enough, but having to empty the dunny can? That was the final straw!
2004, Alan Greenhalgh, Gathers No Moss:Empty your bladder into the stinking mysteries of the dunnycan.
1985, Peter Carey, llywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 312
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dunny cans | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dunnycan | alternative | lexicographic |