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  • noun Plural form of urinal.

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Examples

  • But the beauty, the greatness, the glory — Mr. Meagher employed the word "majestic" to describe these mute but far from personality-free bar workers — of Old Town's urinals is that they're almost as commodious as a stall.

    Porcelain Majesty Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010

  • Similar designs have been implemented in urinals around the world, including mini soccer goals, bulls-eyes, and urine video games (seriously).

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Usually the pundit class covers a death rattle as a revival, just to keep the race exciting, but that campaign really can't keep putting people in urinals and expect them to believe it's raining.

    Don’t Call It a Comeback (Clinton Mix) - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Now can they make something that keeps drunk college guys from puking in urinals?

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Aim for that fly 2005

  • In the nineteen-twenties, when American tourists were as much a part of the scenery of Paris as tobacco kiosks and tin urinals, the beginnings of a colour bar began to appear even in France.

    As I Please 1944

  • In order to try to encourage people to take a taxi with Frankfurt Taxi Services after they’ve had a few drinks, rather than get behind the wheel of their own car The Piss-Screen - a pressure-sensitive inlay set within urinals, enabling users to play while they pee was created.

    The Piss-Screen Red 2007

  • In order to try to encourage people to take a taxi with Frankfurt Taxi Services after they’ve had a few drinks, rather than get behind the wheel of their own car The Piss-Screen - a pressure-sensitive inlay set within urinals, enabling users to play while they pee was created.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Red 2007

  • The urinals could be a clever ploy to disguise your gender...

    The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: The Dignity of Attending a Press Conference BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • The "no talking" in the urinals is the rule of Gen X-Y.

    If you don't see it, you're part of the problem. Angry Professor 2008

  • Mr Lewis called the urinals an "absolute disgrace" and believes there are better options.

    BBC News - Home 2011

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