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washroom

[wosh-room, -room, wawsh-] / ˈwɒʃˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈwɔʃ- /










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"I think often people go: 'I don't have influence to create jobs for homeless and disabled people'. I promise you do. I promise you do, through the change of something like soap in a washroom."

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

Though maybe not: Many of those girls smoked in the washroom and had very thin plucked eyebrows and Fire and Ice lipstick, and I found them scary.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

Also worth noting: Rose added a toilet and a small cloakroom basin by Thomas Crapper & Co. to add a bit of whimsy to the washroom.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2025

She remembers going with her mother to the washroom to scrub the family’s clothes.

From Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2023

I got him alone back by the washroom, and when I came up to him he started away.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

The Loo of the Year Awards first started in 1987, holding washrooms to the highest standard in terms of accessibility, hygiene, repair, and facilities.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

There is also a new requirement that gender-neutral washrooms be private.

From Reuters Jun. 9, 2023

But unlike other staffers, she chose to stay in a spacious, multiroom suite with two washrooms and a panoramic view of the city.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

The closing of bars and restaurants has inadvertently cut off access to washrooms.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2020

They were never punished since no teacher ever entered the children’s washrooms.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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