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spend a penny (三人称単数 現在形 spends a penny, 現在分詞 spending a penny, 過去形および過去分詞形 spent a penny)

1. (Britain, euphemistic, idiomatic) To use the toilet.
   • 1982, Alan Bennett, “A Woman of No Importance”, in The Complete Talking Heads, Picador, published 2010, →ISBN, page 14:

     I put on a lick of paint, slip over and spend a penny in Costing…I should technically use the one in Records but I've told them, that lavatory seat is a death trap.

参照

• “spend a penny”, in Collins English Dictionary.