[Ads-l] comfort station

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED: 1923

1876 _Daily Intelligencer_ (Lancaster, Pa.)  (May 12) 1: Two Cigar Stands,
one Soda Water Stand, and one Public Comfort Station.

The term seems to have become common in the 1890s. My grandparents were
familiar with it, though it wasn't part of their active vocabulary.

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