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toilet books

toilet books is the plural of toilet book.

Meaning of toilet book

Noun

toilet book (plural toilet books)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A book, generally factual but lightweight and humorous, written to be read in short, occasional bursts, such as when using the restroom.
    • There's only one thing for it: I'll have to get stoned; there's always time to write a toilet book.1987, William Donaldson, Is This Allowed, page 114

Questions about toilet books

What is toilet books the plural of?
Toilet books is the plural of toilet book.

Words near toilet books in the dictionary

  1. toilet bag
  2. toilet bags
  3. toilet block
  4. toilet blocks
  5. toilet book
  6. toilet books
  7. toilet bowl
  8. toilet bowls
  9. toilet break
  10. toilet breaks
  11. toilet brush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toilet books (page history and authors); toilet book (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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