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motorman's friend

motorman's friend noun: a device strapped to a person's leg to enable urination without the use of a restroom.

Noun

motorman's friend (plural motorman's friends)

  1. A device strapped to a person's leg to enable urination without the use of a restroom.
    • Older trolley drivers also developed urinary problems and some had to resort to “the motorman's friend," a urine collection tube and bottle that was strapped to the leg.1989, Joshua Benjamin Freeman, In Transit, page 14
    • The system used for urination was a version of the time-honored 'motorman's friend', so called because the hose-and-bag unit was worn by the streetcar motorman, whose job gave him little opportunity for a rest stop.1994, Cecil Adams, Ed Zotti, Return of the Straight Dope: Still More from the Popular Newspaper Column, page 33
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see motorman, friend.

Forms of motorman's friend

pluralmotorman's friends

Questions about motorman's friend

What does motorman's friend mean?
Motorman's friend means a device strapped to a person's leg to enable urination without the use of a restroom.
What part of speech is motorman's friend?
Motorman's friend is a noun.
What is the plural of motorman's friend?
The plural of motorman's friend is motorman's friends.

Words near motorman's friend in the dictionary

  1. motorkhanas
  2. motorless
  3. motorlessness
  4. motorlike
  5. motorman
  6. motorman's friend
  7. motorman's friends
  8. motormania
  9. motormen
  10. motormouth
  11. motormouthed

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