bathroom tissue

noun

chiefly US
: toilet paper
a roll of bathroom tissue

Examples of bathroom tissue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 These issues have affected the prices of everything from bicycles to bathroom tissue. William Chittenden, Chron, 1 Nov. 2022 The company previously announced plans to increase prices on products in its baby- and child-care, adult-care and Scott bathroom tissue businesses starting in June. Sharon Terlep, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021 The cost of wood pulp, a key part of the paper in bathroom tissue and other products, spiked in February, as speculators in China drove up spot prices by nearly 50 percent. NBC News, 1 Apr. 2021 The hikes will affect baby and child care products, adult care products and Scott bathroom tissue. NBC News, 1 Apr. 2021 Facial tissue and bathroom tissue are similar in the sense of overall construction. Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2020

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

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