squat toilet

English
American squat toilet with tank

Noun

squat toilet (plural squat toilets)

  1. A toilet, usually consisting of a hole in the ground and sometimes a tank, which is used while squatting instead of sitting.
    Synonyms: (informal) squatter, Turkish toilet, French toilet
    • 2014, Piu Marie Eatwell, They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 139:
      The curious thing about squat toilets is that, whereas Anglo-Saxons often refer to them as ‘French toilets’, the French themselves call them ‘Turkish toilets’ (toilettes à la turque or WC turcs). But in Turkey they are known as ‘Greek toilets’, while the Greeks insist they are ‘Bulgarian’.

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