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Pittsburgh potty
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English
Etymology
From Pittsburgh + potty, so named for cities like Pittsburgh having a large number of industrial workers using these toilets to clean up when they entered their homes.
Noun
Pittsburgh potty (plural Pittsburgh potties)
- (Western Pennsylvania) A lone toilet, typically situated in the middle of a basement, without the amenities or privacy of a typical bathroom.
- Synonym: Pittsburgh toilet
- 2014 October, The Cleveland Anthology, Belt Publishing, →ISBN:
- Take the Pittsburgh Potty. For recent generations it was about the shame of having a toilet with no walls becoming the pride of having a toilet with no walls.
- 2019 October 29, Steve Ford, Leanne Ford, “No Guts, No Story”, in Work in Progress: Unconventional Thoughts on Designing an Extraordinary Life, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 102:
- After living nine months in the back of the store, using my Murphy bed, my garden hose as a shower, and a Pittsburgh potty in the basement, I finally moved to the apartment above my store that became available after the neighbors moved out.
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