spend a penny
Verb 1. eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" (synonym) make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, pass water (hypernym) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass (hyponym) wet (verb-group) stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make | ||||
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Spend a penny
Meaning
Go to the toilet.
Origin
In England public toilets used to have coin (penny) operated locks. Hence the graffiti 'Here I sit broken hearted, Paid a penny and only farted'.
Meaning
Go to the toilet.
Origin
In England public toilets used to have coin (penny) operated locks. Hence the graffiti 'Here I sit broken hearted, Paid a penny and only farted'.
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spend a penny
spend a penny
v : eliminate urine; "again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, pass water]
spend a penny
v : eliminate urine; "again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, pass water]