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dunny can

dunny can noun: a toilet.

Noun

dunny can (plural dunny cans)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A toilet.
    • Empty your bladder into the stinking mysteries of the dunnycan.1985, Peter Carey, llywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 312
    • Looking after chooks and feeding dogs were bad enough, but having to empty the dunny can? That was the final straw!2004, Alan Greenhalgh, Gathers No Moss

Forms of dunny can

pluraldunny cans
alternative formdunnycan

Origin of dunny can

From dunny + can.

Questions about dunny can

What does dunny can mean?
Dunny can means a toilet.
What part of speech is dunny can?
Dunny can is a noun.
What is the plural of dunny can?
The plural of dunny can is dunny cans.

Words near dunny can in the dictionary

  1. Dunns
  2. Dunnstown
  3. dunny
  4. dunny budgie
  5. dunny budgies
  6. dunny can
  7. dunny cans
  8. dunny man
  9. dunny men
  10. dunny-ken
  11. dunnycan

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