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n. - A toilet in England.

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  • The etymology of the word loo is perhaps the greatest mystery of all in this field of vocabulary.
  • Everything else has long since changed; the cards pulped (or worse), but at least the loo is still there.
  • So I ring up my doctor and make an appointment and decide, considering time away from the loo is not an option, to lash down on the bike.
  • Reading on the loo is a common habit picked up by people who were raised with newspapers in the little boy's room rather than Izal.
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