water closet
Example Sentences
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Paar left his program after NBC censors cut a water closet joke from his monologue, which became one of the biggest TV industry controversies of that era.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
Here are treasures from the Roman latrine to the Tudor garderobe to the Victorian water closet to the elegant “compactum.”
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024
The European-style bathroom is massive, with a deep soaking bathtub that I can easily fit into, but a relatively standard-size shower and water closet.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
That bathroom has Carrara marble tile on the floor and walls, separate vanities, a soaking tub, a shower, a private water closet and radiant-heated floors.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021
He’s so far out of this century he can’t go to the bathroom, he goes to the water closet.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
