dunny

Outback bathroom facility

Dunny is Australian and New Zealand slang for a toilet, especially an outdoor one.

The word evokes the old outhouses that stood in backyards before indoor plumbing became standard: The dunny's out back.

It remains common in casual speech for any toilet: I need to use the dunny.

outhouse

privy

Outdoor toilet; informed

pit toilet · thunderbox · shed · lime · shovel · spiders · redback · corrugated iron · nightsoil · pan

australian

loo

British slang for toilet

bog · privy · latrine · john · backhouse · ablution · garderobe · outback · bush · shearing shed

slang

loo

British slang for toilet

  • bogAcidic peat wetland
  • johnInformal toilet term
  • throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns

crapper · smallest room · little house · shithouse · lavvy · WC · water closet · commode · can · head

humor

redback spider

Toxic Australian spider species

  • bushyGrowing densely outward
  • yarnTwisted strand for crafts
  • tall taleWildly exaggerated story

cork hat · flies · stink · crescent moon · two-seater

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formality of register

dunnylavatory

Room for bodily relief

restroom · washroom · water closet · facilities · powder room

location/structure type

dunnyindoor plumbing

Building's water and drainage system

ensuite · flush toilet · en suite · master bath

Family

dunnage

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G