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Elsan|ˈɛlsæn|
[App. f. initials of Ephraim Louis Jackson, a chemical manufacturer, + sanitation.]
The trade name of the Elsan Manufacturing Co. (1924 Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Jan., 47) for a type of lavatory in which the sludge is rendered inoffensive by chemical means.
1939–40Army & Navy Stores Catal. 248/2 Elsan chemical closet... No drains, no water-flush..Elsan model ‘33’. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 30 Elsan gen, news which cannot be relied upon. Literally, ‘news invented in the gentlemen's toilet’, Elsan being the trade name of the excellent chemical lavatories with which bombers are equipped. 1959Now & Then No. 103 17, I..loaded all my belongings, the old beds and chairs and tables, the paraffin lamps and stoves, even the Elsan, into a turf lorry. 1961J. B. Priestley Saturn over Water xii. 159 In a recess..were two pails of water and an Elsan kind of lav. |