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

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

However, despite the European-style bathroom with a separate water closet, the bathroom had enough room to be comfortable.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 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