vespasienne

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noun

A public street urinal in France.

OriginFrench vespasienne →
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Meanings

nounvespasienne (plural vespasiennes)

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

Origin

  1. Frenchvespasienne
  2. Frenchvespasienne
  3. Englishvespasienne

Borrowed from French vespasienne.

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APA

vespasienne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vespasienne

MLA

“vespasienne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vespasienne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vespasienne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vespasienne.

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