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dunny

[ duhn-ee ]

noun

, Australian Slang.
, plural dun·nies.
  1. an outside privy; outhouse.


dunny

/ ˈdʌnɪ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a cellar or basement
  2. dialect.
    another word for dunnakin
  3. informal.
    1. an outside lavatory
    2. ( as modifier )

      a dunny roll

      a dunny seat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dunny1

1780–90; shortening of earlier dial. and criminal argot dunnekin outhouse, of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dunny1

C20: of obscure origin; but see dunnakin
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Example Sentences

Well, the dunny is now the privy.

From BBC

How can you stir the pasta while on the dunny with all that glass in the way?

Australian English is rich in its descriptions of worthless men: as useful as tits on a bull, a dry thunderstorm, a third armpit, a glass door on a dunny, a pocket on a singlet, an ashtray on a motorbike, a submarine with screen doors, a roo-bar on a skateboard.

I laugh every time remembering Dunny doing the crying eyes celebration in front of the Burnley fans at full-time.

As a Blackburn Rovers fan, Dunny is my favourite ever footballer, mainly because he was born in the town, and brought some real style and flair to our side in the early 2000s.

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