(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, dated, euphemistic) To use the toilet.
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, dated, euphemistic) To use the toilet.
I put on a lick of paint, slip over and spend a penny in Costing…I should technically use the one in Records but I've told them, that lavatory seat is a death trap.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Canada, euphemistic) : to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a washroom.
(euphemistic, chiefly, US) : to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
(Canada, euphemistic) : to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a washroom.
(UK, AU, informal) Expensive.
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(UK, idiomatic, vulgar) To waste money, normally through ineptness in business.