toilet paper
noun
: a thin sanitary absorbent paper usually in a roll for use in drying or cleaning oneself after defecation and urination
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Shop at Sunder’s Store for toilet paper, 3 rolls for 29-cents; Texas grapefruit, one dozen for 49-cents; and oranges, one dozen for 49-cents.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The leading causes are shedding skin and hair particles and lint from your towels or toilet paper.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Artwork produced from toilet paper, chewing gum wrappers, paper scraps, matchbooks, and handkerchiefs, a fascinating subgenre of prison art known as paño arte.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This approach worked for Jean Nelson of Pasadena, California, after her 2-year-old son, Luke, took delight in dragging toilet paper down the hall, giggling as the roll unfurled behind him.
—Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The leading causes are shedding skin and hair particles and lint from your towels or toilet paper.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Artwork produced from toilet paper, chewing gum wrappers, paper scraps, matchbooks, and handkerchiefs, a fascinating subgenre of prison art known as paño arte.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This approach worked for Jean Nelson of Pasadena, California, after her 2-year-old son, Luke, took delight in dragging toilet paper down the hall, giggling as the roll unfurled behind him.
—Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Toilet paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet%20paper. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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