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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Urinal, adj. [e.m.E. vrynal (1541), vrinal (1615), F. urinal (16th c.), late L. urinalis.] Consisting of urine. — 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i xxxvi.
The pisse of that urinal flood ran glib away
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