W.C.
Example Sentences
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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."
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
A lobby separates this apartment from the bath rooms, and off it are a w.c. and a towel closet, which latter could be supplied with hot air.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
The great inventive powers which have been applied to the w.c. pan are an evidence of how unsatisfactory they all are.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various