Urinal vs Vespasienne - What's the difference?
urinal | vespasienne |
A porcelain, china, or stainless steel appliance, usually in male restrooms but in some places on the street, where males can stand, often side by side, to urinate.
(medicine) A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle into which bedridden male patients may urinate.
A public street urinal in France.
*1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 171:
*:Pia loves Rob'', she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the ''vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash.
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