the bogs

noun

A public bathroom; lavatory.

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Meanings

nounthe bogs pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyslangA public bathroom; lavatory.

    I get to know some other girls while waiting to use the bogs.

    2005, Valerie Mason-John, Borrowed Body, page 225
    2 more examples

    It's a bit like urinal etiquette in which, upon entering the bogs you are obliged to choose the Urinal of Conspicuous Heterosexuality.

    2011, Sam Holden, Diary of a Hapless Househusband, →ISBN, page 198

    Dave walks over to the urinal and unzips his fly. 'Remember the bogs in the Captain Marlow?'

    2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 234
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