Port-o-john
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A portable toilet.
"She tried not to notice the garage attendants observing her when she parked to use the phone booth, furtive as a woman slipping into a port-o-john under the scrutiny of male witnesses."
Example
More examples"She tried not to notice the garage attendants observing her when she parked to use the phone booth, furtive as a woman slipping into a port-o-john under the scrutiny of male witnesses."
Etymology
From Port-a-John (“an American business”), from portable, -a-, & john (“a toilet; an outhouse”).
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