Meanings
plural lavvies
- UKslangA lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
And she doesn't have to keep going to the lavvy like poor Mr Thomas and Miss Welch and so many of them.
2013, Eileen Dewhurst, Whoever I Am, →ISBN3 more examples
It must be great getting up during the night and not having to put a coat on over your jammies to visit the lavvy on the half-landing – especially in the winter when it's below zero.
2011, Robert Douglas, Whose Turn for the Stairs?, →ISBNWhen I had to go to the lavvy there I always had to use that stiff, scratchy, smelly, lavvy paper she always said she 'put for the 'young ladies' - sniff'.
2012, Glynis Dunnitt, Hidden History, →ISBN, page 61Cousin Anna and other traveller kids were playing over by the lavvy, and as I ran to join them, something monumental loomed on my horizon – the lavvy roof
2013, Jess Smith, Sookin' Berries, →ISBNSynonyms: bathroom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
nounA toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
Origin
From lav (“clipped form of lavatory”) + -y (“forming affectionate diminutives”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
lavvy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavvy
“lavvy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavvy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lavvy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavvy.
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