comfort station

comfort station

noun
a room or building with toilet and lavatory facilities for public use.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism
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Comfort station is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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comfort station
 
n
(US) a public lavatory and rest room

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comfort station definition


  1. n.
    a restroom; toilet facilities available to the public. (Euphemistic.) : We need to stop and find a comfort station in the next town.
  2. n.
    an establishment that sells liquor. : Let's get some belch at a comfort station along here somewhere.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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