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Definition of Pissoir
1. Noun. A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pissoir
1. a public urinal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pissoir
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Literary usage of Pissoir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"It is, perhaps, sig- "The French pissoir, for instance, is still regarded as
indecent in America, and is seldom used in England, but it has gone into most ..."
2. Unjust Laws which Govern Woman: Probate Confiscation by J. W. Stow (1879)
"They indulged in every relief of nature excepting one; using the zinc at the back
of the stove for a pissoir, until the fluid-excrement ran in a vile flood ..."
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