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‖ vespasienne|vɛspazjɛn|
[Fr. (19th cent.), shortening of colonne vespasienne Vespasian column, f. the name of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor, 69–79, who introduced a tax on public lavatories.]
A public lavatory in France.
1922E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iii. 44 My first request was permission to visit the vespasienne. 1962P. Brickhill Deadline x. 130 A pissoir, or, to give it its polite name, a vespasienne, after the emperor who was so solicitous of man's frailty. 1975Times 4 Mar. 6/1 The vicissitudes of a village vespasienne. |