toilet water

English

Etymology

Calque of French eau de toilette.

Noun

toilet water (countable and uncountable, plural toilet waters)

  2. A perfumed mixture of water and alcohol somewhat like cologne: synonym of eau de toilette.
    • 2008, Andrew Delahunty, “eau de Cologne”, in From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107:
      A toilet water with a strong scent, originally produced at Cologne, Germany.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see toilet,‎ water: wastewater in a toilet.
    • 2019, Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce, Unleashing Your Dog:
      This may provide a simple explanation for the seemingly universal desire of all dogs to drink from the toilet. Since toilet water has likely been refreshed more recently than the water in Fido's bowl, it tastes better.

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