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Spend a penny

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To use the toilet. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, euphemistic

    "I put on a lick of paint, slip over and spend a penny in Costing…I should technically use the one in Records but I've told them, that lavatory seat is a death trap."

  2. 2
    eliminate urine wordnet

Etymology

From the act of putting a (pre-decimal) penny in the slot of a pay-toilet cubicle.

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