toilet paper
noun
: a thin sanitary absorbent paper usually in a roll for use in drying or cleaning oneself after defecation and urination
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Health inspectors gave the fast food restaurant a yellow placard after discovering that its restrooms were entirely out of toilet paper.
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Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Things like paper towels, toilet paper, paper plates, olive oil, vitamins, bottled water, and toothpaste are usually first to go in my cart.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
For a time, Louise ran an outfit of bookies from her room; Mae taught Burnett to filch toilet paper from a local luncheonette.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Explaining that there was no blood visible in the toilet or on the toilet paper.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Things like paper towels, toilet paper, paper plates, olive oil, vitamins, bottled water, and toothpaste are usually first to go in my cart.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
For a time, Louise ran an outfit of bookies from her room; Mae taught Burnett to filch toilet paper from a local luncheonette.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Explaining that there was no blood visible in the toilet or on the toilet paper.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Toilet paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet%20paper. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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