bidet

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Not only does she not know how to work a bidet, leading to a seemingly unsanitary spritz, she also doesn't know what a bidet is in the first place.

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  1. noun A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for bathing the genitals and the posterior parts.

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  • I surveyed the dials, knobs, and buttons on the console, using tiny pictures above the Japanese script to make out the controls of a DVD player, a CD changer, and something that was either a sophisticated remote-controlled bidet or a miniature geyser. —  UglyAmericans
  • The left wing held the master suite with more french doors looking out on the verandah and two walk-in closets, private double toilets with bidet, and an almost pool-sized Roman tub with a Lucite-enclosed multiheaded shower. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2002
  • And you can also program the temperature of the bidet-style cleansing spray from below that is already standard in more than half of Japan's bathrooms, a feature that I am told has taken many an unwary foreign visitor by surprise. —  Asimov'sSF,February2008
  • Manufacturers of electric toilet seats equipped with a warm water bidet are warning users of a potential fire risk following a series of accidents, which they said were caused by defects and, in some cases, improper usage. —  FG
  • After they started solids I dropped bm's in the toilet and, if necessay, rinsed off the diaper into the toilet using a "niagara" (bidet -- a hose with a sprayer at the end) that we installed ourselves. —  A Mother in Israel
 

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  1. French, pony, bidet, probably from Old French bider, to trot.

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  1. from French bidet (later prob. Italian bidetto), a small horse; of unknown origin.
 

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