Terlet

[Jim Parish]

Sam Clements wrote:
> From what dialect/region would one find the word "terlet" to mean =
> "toilet?"

I have a vague memory of hearing it from the mouth of Archie Bunker on "All
in the Family". (It actually sounds like the stereotype of Brooklynese, but
didn't Archie live in Queens?)

Jim Parish

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