"lavvy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-lavvy.ogg [Australia] Forms: lavvies [plural]
Etymology: lav (“clipped form of lavatory”) + -y (“forming affectionate diminutives”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|lavatory}} lavatory, {{af|en|lav|-y|t1=clipped form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">lavatory</i>|t2=forming affectionate diminutives}} lav (“clipped form of lavatory”) + -y (“forming affectionate diminutives”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lavvy (plural lavvies)
  1. (UK slang) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms (room): bathroom
    Sense id: en-lavvy-en-noun-4By3YPCj Disambiguation of Rooms: 69 31 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 75 25 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'room': 100 0
  2. (UK slang) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. Tags: UK, slang Synonyms (fixture): toilet
    Sense id: en-lavvy-en-noun-2OucYo7h Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'fixture': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lavvy paper

Inflected forms

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