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vespasienne

vespasienne noun: a public street urinal in France.

Noun

vespasienne (plural vespasiennes)

  1. A public street urinal in France.
    • Pia loves Rob, she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 171

Forms of vespasienne

pluralvespasiennes

Origin of vespasienne

Borrowed from French vespasienne.

Questions about vespasienne

What does vespasienne mean?
Vespasienne means a public street urinal in France.
What part of speech is vespasienne?
Vespasienne is a noun.
What is the plural of vespasienne?
The plural of vespasienne is vespasiennes.

Words near vespasienne in the dictionary

  1. vespal
  2. Vespas
  3. vespasian
  4. vespasians
  5. Vespasianus
  6. vespasienne
  7. vespasiennes
  8. vesper
  9. vesper bat
  10. vesper bats
  11. vesper martini

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