lavvy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From lav (“clipped form of lavatory”) + -y (“forming affectionate diminutives”).
Meanings
-
(UK, slang) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
When I had to go to the lavvy there I always had to use that stiff, scratchy, smelly, lavvy paper she always said she 'put for the 'young ladies' - sniff'.
2012, Glynis Dunnitt, Hidden History, →ISBN, page 61:And she doesn't have to keep going to the lavvy like poor Mr Thomas and Miss Welch and so many of them.
2013, Eileen Dewhurst, Whoever I Am, →ISBN:Cousin Anna and other traveller kids were playing over by the lavvy, and as I ran to join them, something monumental loomed on my horizon – the lavvy roof
2013, Jess Smith, Sookin' Berries, →ISBN:It must be great getting up during the night and not having to put a coat on over your jammies to visit the lavvy on the half-landing – especially in the winter when it's below zero.
2011, Robert Douglas, Whose Turn for the Stairs?, →ISBN:
- (UK, slang) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lavvies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |