: a public urinal usually located on the street in some European countries
Examples of pissoir in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebEvery prime minister comes into office promising to reform the Lords only to end up treating it as a patronage pissoir.—The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from pisser to urinate, from Old French pisser, pissier
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