bathroom tissue

noun

chiefly US
: toilet paper
a roll of bathroom tissue

Examples of bathroom tissue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Recent accounts from hikers on social media indicate trails are littered with garbage, including bathroom tissue, plastic bottles and fuel canisters. CBS News, 14 June 2024 Officials reported that there were five to six industrial-sized boxes that had split open, unleashing the cascade of bathroom tissue . Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024 Officers were seen haphazardly tossing the rolls of bathroom tissue over the embankment. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2024 What of bathroom tissue? Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021 See all Example Sentences for bathroom tissue 

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Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bathroom tissue was in 1922

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“Bathroom tissue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathroom%20tissue. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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