water closet

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Paar left his program after NBC censors cut a water closet joke from his monologue, which became one of the biggest TV industry controversies of that era.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Squish Factor: The bathroom has a European-style water closet, but it’s a bit larger than many others I’ve seen.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

Here are treasures from the Roman latrine to the Tudor garderobe to the Victorian water closet to the elegant “compactum.”

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

Owner’s bathrooms have a separate water closet, porcelain tile and a frameless, glass-enclosed walk-in shower.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021

He’s so far out of this century he can’t go to the bathroom, he goes to the water closet.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee