Meaning of sanitaries | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Facilities for handling human waste; Structure containing toilets, seats over a cesspit, or tanks for holding excrement.
   euphemistic, plural, plural-only
2. White knee-length stockings.
   plural, plural-only

Examples

“Building clean, lack of cloak rooms, poor ventilation; sanitaries need attention.”

“The sanitaries of the Washington school have outlived their usefulness, the odor from them and their surroundings being very offensive, and in my opinion injurious to pupils and teachers.”

“I'm blowing sanitaries. You pull the lever on that crapper and a few hundred pounds of smelly stuff will fly up your nose in a heart beat.”

“She headed for the sanitaries rather than the exterior hatch, and Zhang could clearly hear her vomiting inside the tiny compartment.”

“He picked up his white sanitaries and the red and white striped stirrup socks and sat down on the dressing stool once again before he slipped his feet into the sanitaries, making sure that the elastic tops reached just above his knees.”

“The 1909 Genoa High School Baseball Club members are shown wearing striped leggings, or stirrups, over white stockings called “sanitaries.””

“He switched on the light and donned his uniform: white pants that stopped high up the calf for the look he liked, sanitaries, navy blue stirrups, worn cleats, and the navy blue shirt that buttoned down the front and had "All-Stars" written on the front and his surname, "Pleasance," and number, "9," on the back.”

“Somebody —and I am certain it was Cade Hernandez —must have picked the thing up, because Coach Ritchey's rotten tooth had a way of showing up in a randomly selected boy's sanitaries, cap, or athletic supporter before every game we played.”

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