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Toidey|ˈtɔɪdɪ|
Also toid(e)y.
The proprietary name (in the U.S.) for a toilet-training apparatus that can be clipped or strapped on to an ordinary lavatory seat. Also attrib.
1924Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 Dec. 300/2 Little Toidey... Water-Closet Seats for Infants, Attachable to Ordinary Water-Closet Seats. 1956Ibid. 6 Mar. 42/2 Toidey. The Toidey Company, Gertrude A. Muller. 1963M. McCarthy Group xiv. 323 She had set him on the new toidey-seat strapped to the regular toilet. Ibid., She tried leaving him on the toidey. 1981D. Uhnak False Witness xxiv. 164 It is the current day-by-day life we have to deal with, not mama and the toidy potty and papa and the primal scene. |