单词 | porta potti |
释义 | Porta Pottin. Chiefly North American. 1. A proprietary name for: a portable chemical toilet, as used by campers, or one connected to a holding tank, as in a vehicle, small boat, or light aircraft. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > chemical chemical closet1908 chemical toilet1913 honey bucket1931 Elsan1938 Porta Potti1968 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > types of pan-closet1855 trough-closet1870 tumbler closet1870 pan-latrine1897 flush toilet1950 Porta Potti1968 Johnny-on-the-spot1971 1968 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 21 Apr. 32/5 (advt.) Camp stoves, lanterns, heaters, portapotti at huge savings! 1979 N.Y. Times 11 June a16/5 One boat was bombed by the bagged contents of a camper's Port-a-Potty dropped from a bridge overhead. 1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) May b15/6 (advt.) Viking Pop-up Camper '85. New, used twice, sleeps 6–8, stove, refrigerator, port-a-potty, wardrobe, more. 1992 Offshore Sept. 93/2 Boston Police Harbormaster Eric Hahn had threatened to ticket any boater caught emptying his portapotty..into Boston's expensively cleaned-up harbor. 2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. (Ecosse section) I did all the washing up and spent hours hunched over the hoover. I emptied the caravan portapotty. 2. A proprietary name for: a small prefabricated unit containing a toilet, designed for easy transportation and temporary installation esp. outdoors, as on a work site or at an open-air public event. Hence more widely: any similar temporary toilet. Cf. Portaloo n. ΚΠ 1968 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Dec. tm56/2 Porta Potti... For toilets. 1986 F. Peretti This Present Darkness i. 9 A traveling troupe of enterprising migrants..set up their carnival with rides, booths, and portapotties. 1994 R. Hellenga Sixteen Pleasures xv. 247 There were long rows of confessionals on either side of the nave, like portapotties at an outdoor rock concert with libero and occupato signs on them. 2000 Level Nov. 29 A man..climbs into a porta-potty that has been filled with human (and animal) waste. The door is sealed and the small toilet is lifted by a large garbage truck until it is upside down. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968 |
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