biffy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A toilet. US,slang
  2. An outhouse. US,slang
    — By a clever staggering of seats in each story, this model may be used either as a two-family biffie, or in place of the conventional set of two, without danger to either user. […] Constructed to withstand hard usage, this biffy is a three-holer on a nine-hole chassis and combines the utmost in sanitation […]

词形变化

biffies plural

词源

Uncertain etymology, but perhaps an alteration of privy: p gaining voicing to become b, and v losing voicing to become f. Attested since 1935 (see first quotation).
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