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port-o-john

noun

Etymology

From Port-a-John (“an American business”), from portable, -a-, & john (“a toilet; an outhouse”).

Definitions

  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.

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