pissoir
- noun
- /pɪˈswɑːr/
- UK
- The last guard post was an old pissoir with the tricolor-and-sun emblem of the Second Commune painted on it.
Examples
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That was short for pissoir and told everyone exactly, biologically, what he'd be doing when he got there.
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Closest most of them get to a gun is standing next to a soldier in the pissoir.
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I was supposed to go to the pissoir and make a pickup.
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I was supposed to go to the pissoir and make a pickup.
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An old cartoon in a pissoir?
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- That is how you wound up at the pissoir.
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There was a public pissoir on the corner where men could relieve themselves.
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He found a pissoir in the park when he urgently needed to go.
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The old pissoir was located near the busy street, serving many passersby.
Synonyms
A public room with toilets and sinks for people to use
A fixed bowl on a wall in men's toilets for peeing while standing
A toilet in informal speech
A room with toilets and sinks that anyone can use in public places
An outdoor toilet often in a small building behind a house
A toilet in a public place that anyone can use
A toilet in a public place that anyone can use
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pissoir comes from the French verb pisser, which means 'to pee'. So a pissoir is literally 'a place to pee', which helps explain why it means a public urinal.