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toilet paper

[ toi-lit pey-per ]

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noun

Also called toi·let tis·sue,. a soft, lightweight, sanitized paper used in bathrooms for personal cleansing after elimination.

to cover a house, a tree, or other structure, usually on someone’s home property, with strips of toilet paper, as a prank:
Toilet papering the chief of police’s car was a risky choice—you’re going to get fined for littering or trespassing if he catches you.

toilet paper

thin absorbent paper, often wound in a roll round a cardboard cylinder ( toilet roll ), used for cleaning oneself after defecation or urination

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First recorded in 1880–85

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And if you ask him, the extra-soft toilet paper — or, at least, the idea behind it — is part of that reason.

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“A lot of people are like, ‘I just want to move into a completely done house, down to toilet paper holders.’”

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She has also started picking up extra food and putting it next to her water and extra toilet paper.

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But these cutting edge seats have an unlikely nemesis: toilet paper.

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"There was a point when the loos ran out of both toilet paper and water. We had to actually buy water bottles to relieve ourselves," she says.

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