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dunny can

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English

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Etymology

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From dunny +‎ can.

Noun

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dunny can (plural dunny cans)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A toilet.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, llywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 312:
      Empty your bladder into the stinking mysteries of the dunnycan.
    • 2004, Alan Greenhalgh, Gathers No Moss:
      Looking after chooks and feeding dogs were bad enough, but having to empty the dunny can? That was the final straw!