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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The pregame giveaway is a roll of toilet paper combined with a bottle of laxatives, and during the game Rangers players actually touch home plate.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
According to the North Carolina State's College of Natural Resources, roughly 99% of toilet paper Americans use is made in the United States.
—Julia Doyle, CBS News, 13 May 2025
California Can chess games and toilet paper change prison culture?
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The mere thought conjures images of empty store shelves during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Americans were scrambling for everything from toilet paper to baking flour.
—Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2025
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
According to the North Carolina State's College of Natural Resources, roughly 99% of toilet paper Americans use is made in the United States.
—Julia Doyle, CBS News, 13 May 2025
California Can chess games and toilet paper change prison culture?
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
The mere thought conjures images of empty store shelves during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Americans were scrambling for everything from toilet paper to baking flour.
—Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for toilet paper
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“Toilet paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet%20paper. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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