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dunny
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dunny [ˈdʌnɪ]
n pl -nies
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Scot dialect a cellar or basement
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Dialect another word for dunnakin
3. Austral and NZ informal
a.  an outside lavatory
b.  (as modifier) a dunny roll a dunny seat
[of obscure origin; but see dunnakin]
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dunny
noun (Austral. & old-fashioned N.Z. informal) toilet, lavatory, bathroom, loo (Brit. informal), W.C., bog (slang), Gents or Ladies, can (U.S. & Canad. slang), john (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), head(s) (Nautical slang), throne (informal), closet, privy, cloakroom (Brit.), urinal, latrine, washroom, powder room, crapper (taboo slang), water closet, khazi (slang), pissoir (French), little boy's room or little girl's room (informal), (public) convenience people who don't wash their hands after using the dunny
Translations
dunny [ˈdʌnɪ] N (Australia) → retrete m, wáter m


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