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sticker of a stick lady with crossed legs who is desperate for a wee on the door of a toilet. In Tudor England a privy was first referred to as a jakes in 1530. In modern Ireland the cognate term jacks is still used, and is probably the predominant way of referring to the toilet. Lexicographer Eric Partridge derives khazi, also spelt karzy, kharsie or carzey, from a low Cockney word carsey originating in the late 19th century and meaning a privvy. Carsey also referred to a den or brothel. It's presumably derived from the Italian casa for house, with the spelling influenced by similar sound to khaki. Khazi is now most commonly used in the city of Liverpool in the UK, away from its cockney slang roots. The bog is a colloquial expression in British English for a toilet. More wide-spread is the usage bogroll, meaning toilet paper. The original flush toilet was made by Sir John Harington, but due to slurs published by himself and being ridiculed in England for his invention the toilet was never mass-produced. Then Alexander Cummings, a watch-maker, patented his design for a flush toilet, which was the basis for the modern toilet the human population uses today. Public facilities often have many toilets partitioned by stalls (US) or cubicles (UK), with the washing facilities in a separate area where other people of the same sex are present. The washing area may be common to both sexes. Facilities for men often also have separate urinals, either wall-mounted fixtures designed for a single user, or a constantly-draining basin or trough for collective use. Wall-mounted urinals are sometimes separated by small partitions or other obstructions for privacy, , to keep the user's genitals hidden from public view. For many years, gay men have used them for "cruising" (anonymous sexual contact). When used for such purposes in the United States, public toilets are often referred to as "Roman tea rooms", often just shortened to "T-rooms". In the United Kingdom, the act of pic
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