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spend a penny

/spɛnd eɪ ˌpɛni/
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Other forms: spending a penny; spends a penny

Definitions of spend a penny
  1. verb
    eliminate urine
    urinate
    pass after the manner of urine
    ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, stool, take a crap
    have a bowel movement
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    types:
    wet
    make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
    stale
    urinate, of cattle and horses
    type of:
    egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
    eliminate from the body
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