Toilet
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| A [[toilet]], plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the [[bodily waste]]s. Before the 20th century, '''toilet''' universally referred to personal grooming, bathing and washing combing or arranging one's hair, shaving, etc., a sense preserved today in '''[[toiletry]]''' 'personal grooming item'. Nowadays, it is mostly used to indicate a [[lavatory]]. "Toilet of the mouth", however, is still is use by oral surgeons. | A [[toilet]], plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the [[bodily waste]]s. Before the 20th century, '''toilet''' universally referred to personal grooming, bathing and washing combing or arranging one's hair, shaving, etc., a sense preserved today in '''[[toiletry]]''' 'personal grooming item'. Nowadays, it is mostly used to indicate a [[lavatory]]. "Toilet of the mouth", however, is still is use by oral surgeons. | ||
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Image:Lady at her Toilet School of Fontainebleau (1585–1595).jpg
Lady at her Toilet by an unknown artist of the School of Fontainebleau, painted c. (1585–1595)
Lady at her Toilet.
Lady at her Toilet.
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A toilet, plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes. Before the 20th century, toilet universally referred to personal grooming, bathing and washing combing or arranging one's hair, shaving, etc., a sense preserved today in toiletry 'personal grooming item'. Nowadays, it is mostly used to indicate a lavatory. "Toilet of the mouth", however, is still is use by oral surgeons.
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