"comfort station" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: comfort stations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} comfort station (plural comfort stations)
  1. (euphemistic, US) A public lavatory. Tags: US, euphemistic Synonyms: bathroom Translations (euphemism for lavatory): mukavuuslaitos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-comfort_station-en-noun-YUKV3k2M Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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