Meaning of dunny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dummy, an unintelligent person.
   UK, derogatory, dialectal, euphemistic, obsolete
2. A cellar, basement, or underground passage.
   Northern-England, Scotland, dated, slang
3. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
   Australia, New-Zealand, Northern-England, Scotland, also, dated, slang
4. Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.
   Australia, New-Zealand, slang
5. A passageway, particularly those connecting an outhouse to the main building.
   Northern-England, Scotland, dated, slang

Examples

“Should a School-boy do so, he'd be whip'd for a Dunny.”

“"I've got one of those outside dunnies here, hasn't been emptied for six months and I ran out of sawdust three months ago."”

“There was one leaning dunny down the back and, if you stayed very quiet, on a very still day you could hear⟳ the white ants as they chewed the wood.The bottom boards were already eaten through, and I avoided using the dunny at all costs.”

“‘Until you wake⟳ up to yourself, you can live⟳ in the old dunny for all I care.’ ‘All right, I will,’ said Tony.”

“The dunny was another place⟳ to go to get⟳ out of class. You got to go there by raising your hand in class and asking Miss⟳ if you could go to the lav.”

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