necessary room

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Noun

necessary room (plural necessary rooms)

1. (euphemistic) a toilet, a lavatory (the room, not the fixture)
   • 2005, June M. Woodring, The Skittish Bride, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 252:

     Four bedrooms and a necessary room upstairs and one down, a formal dining room, a large parlor ...

   • 2012, Justin Cord Hayes, The Unexpected Evolution of Language: Discover the Surprising Etymology of Everyday Words, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     At various times, that place also has been called a privy chamber, a necessary room, the smallest room in the house, and even “where the queen goes alone.

   • 2006, Ejay Wyndesh, The Empty Nest the Second Time Around, iUniverse, →ISBN:

     Master baths are as big as a real room, spacious and a decorator's dream, more than a necessary room.

   • 2005, Larry W. Miller, The Conquest of New Eden/Sins of the Father, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 157:

     She had a sleeping chamber complete with a necessary room attached and a hot tub in the corner.

   • 2019, John Bede, Freedom Because of the Brave: Book 3 The Patriots Abound Trilogy, Fulton Books, Inc., →ISBN:

     ... near the main hall in a small room that might have been a necessary room. It's probably someone relieving himself.

   • 2012, Harry Carter, The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 144:

     The beach hut provided shelter from the sun, a place to change, and a necessary room.