W.C.
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She objects, they argue, and in tears she excuses herself to go to the w.c.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The elevator is the "lift," the toilet the "w.c."
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Excrement, etc., must be quickly removed from the premises if we are to have "sweet homes," and the w.c. is perhaps the most convenient apparatus, when properly constructed, which can be employed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
Mechenmal used the delay to slip by me, run into the w.c., which he locked behind him.
From The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein by Lichtenstein, Alfred
The frigidarium is cut off from the corridor or landing of the house by a lobby, which provides a w.c. and a space for boots and shoes and linen and towels.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen