port-o-john
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Port-a-John (“an American business”), from portable, -a-, & john (“a toilet; an outhouse”).
Noun[edit]
port-o-john (plural port-o-johns)
- A portable toilet.
- 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, page 208:
- She tried not to notice the garage attendants observing her when she parked to use the phone booth, furtive as a woman slipping into a port-o-john under the scrutiny of male witnesses.
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom.