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toilet paper

[ toi-lit pey-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called toi·let tis·sue,. a soft, lightweight, sanitized paper used in bathrooms for personal cleansing after elimination.

to cover a house, a tree, or other structure, usually on someone’s home property, with strips of toilet paper, as a prank:
Toilet papering the chief of police’s car was a risky choice—you’re going to get fined for littering or trespassing if he catches you.

toilet paper

thin absorbent paper, often wound in a roll round a cardboard cylinder ( toilet roll ), used for cleaning oneself after defecation or urination

First recorded in 1880–85

Rogen refuses to share his toilet paper with Franco, and then they run into trouble starting a fire.

She was obsessed with the flower-printed, scented toilet paper.

He would load his chair with groceries and other purchases, once a 30-roll package of toilet paper.

Venezuela faces shortages in everything from toilet paper to bread, but one of the most overlooked items is breast implants.

If ESPN is a sleek bachelor pad, ESPNW is the cottage next door filled with Activia and ultra-soft toilet paper.

Knowing how to turn a toilet-paper roll and three bucks' worth of parts into a camera-detector is just good sense.

One day there was a rumor going around that a shipment of toilet paper was coming in and we all lined us to get it.

Seats and covers should be scrubbed every day, houses swept and toilet paper provided.

Mohammed never dreamed of such institutions as toilet paper.

(The balance is sold direct to manufacturers who re-manufacture it, like toilet paper manufacturers).

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