Usually means: Use restroom; British slang term.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word spend a penny:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. spend a penny: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spend a penny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spend a penny: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spend a penny: Vocabulary.com
  5. spend a penny: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. spend a penny: Wiktionary
  7. spend a penny: Dictionary.com
  8. spend a penny: Rhymezone
  9. spend a penny: FreeDictionary.org
  10. spend a penny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Spend a Penny: The Word Detective
  12. spend a penny: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Spend a penny: Phrase Finder

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spend a penny: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spend a penny: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spend a penny: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. spend a penny: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spend a penny)

▸ verb:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, euphemistic) To use the toilet.

Similar:
make water, relieve oneself, pass water, piddle, take a leak, micturate, pee-pee, pee, piss, wee-wee, more...

Opposite:
save penny, conserve money, economize

Types:
urinal, toilet, outhouse, latrine, porta-potty, privy, more...

Adjectives:
indisposed, wee, wet, leak, sissy, number one, potty, crown, pissed, defecate, pissy

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Similar:
make water, relieve oneself, pass water, piddle, take a leak, micturate, pee-pee, pee, piss, wee-wee, more...

Opposite:
save penny, conserve money, economize

Types:
urinal, toilet, outhouse, latrine, porta-potty, privy, more...

Adjectives:
indisposed, wee, wet, leak, sissy, number one, potty, crown, pissed, defecate, pissy



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