/ ˈdʌni; NAmE / noun
( pl. -ies ) ( AustralE , NZE , informal ) a toilet
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent. (in the sense dung ): from dialect dunnekin privy, probably from dung + archaic slang ken house. The current sense is perhaps a different word.
/ ˈdʌni; NAmE / noun
( pl. -ies ) ( AustralE , NZE , informal ) a toilet
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent. (in the sense dung ): from dialect dunnekin privy, probably from dung + archaic slang ken house. The current sense is perhaps a different word.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005