water closet
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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
Squish Factor: The bathroom has a European-style water closet, but it’s a bit larger than many others I’ve seen.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 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 toilet, in this scheme, is placed in a small, entirely separate water closet, the old-fashioned euphemism that is coming back in use to describe a small, functional room kept isolated from leisure-oriented bathrooms.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2021
Only the bedrooms, water closet, and winter parlor were fully enclosed.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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