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port-o-johns

port-o-johns is the plural of port-o-john.

Meaning of port-o-john

Noun

port-o-john (plural port-o-johns)

  1. A portable toilet.
    • She tried not to notice the garage attendants observing her when she parked to use the phone booth, furtive as a woman slipping into a port-o-john under the scrutiny of male witnesses.2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, page 208

Questions about port-o-johns

What is port-o-johns the plural of?
Port-o-johns is the plural of port-o-john.

Words near port-o-johns in the dictionary

  1. Port-de-Piles
  2. Port-en-Bessin
  3. Port-Francqui
  4. Port-Gentil
  5. port-o-john
  6. port-o-johns
  7. port-o-let
  8. port-o-lets
  9. port-o-potties
  10. port-o-potty
  11. Port-Royal

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