lavvy

English

Etymology

lav (“clipped form of lavatory”) +‎ -y (“forming affectionate diminutives”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

lavvy (plural lavvies)

1. (UK slang) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
   • 2011, Robert Douglas, Whose Turn for the Stairs?, →ISBN:

     It must be great getting up during the night and not having to put a coat on over your jammies to visit the lavvy on the half-landing – especially in the winter when it's below zero.

   • 2012, Glynis Dunnitt, Hidden History, →ISBN, page 61:

     When I had to go to the lavvy there I always had to use that stiff, scratchy, smelly, lavvy paper she always said she 'put for the 'young ladies' - sniff'.

   • 2013, Jess Smith, Sookin' Berries, →ISBN:

     Cousin Anna and other traveller kids were playing over by the lavvy, and as I ran to join them, something monumental loomed on my horizon – the lavvy roof

   • 2013, Eileen Dewhurst, Whoever I Am, →ISBN:

     And she doesn't have to keep going to the lavvy like poor Mr Thomas and Miss Welch and so many of them.

2. (UK slang) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

Synonyms

• (room): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (fixture): See toilet

Derived terms

• lavvy paper