noun
lavvy
Lavvy (noun) means a toilet: a room where people urinate and defecate.
noun
1
A toilet: a room where people urinate and defecate.
"Cousin Anna and other traveller kids were playing over by the lavvy, and as I ran to join them, something monumental loomed on my horizon – the lavvy roof"
— Jess Smith, Sookin' Berries (2013)
"When I had to go to the lavvy there I always had to use that stiff, scratchy, smelly, lavvy paper she always said she 'put for the 'young ladies' - sniff'."
— Glynis Dunnitt, Hidden History (2012)
"And she doesn't have to keep going to the lavvy like poor Mr Thomas and Miss Welch and so many of them."
— Eileen Dewhurst, Whoever I Am (2013)
2
(informal) A toilet: the actual object used when someone needs to wee or poo.
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Etymology
Formed from lav (“clipped form of lavatory”) and -y (“forming affectionate diminutives”).
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What is the meaning of lavvy?
"lavvy" (noun) means a toilet: a room where people urinate and defecate.
What is another word for lavvy?
Other words for "lavvy" include bathroom, toilet.
What are the different meanings of lavvy?
"lavvy" has 2 main meanings: 1. A toilet: a room where people urinate and defecate; 2. (informal) A toilet: the actual object used when someone needs to wee or poo.
