What it means
Your toilet, your loo, your porcelain throne. Comes from old bush slang where dunnies were those dodgy outdoor sheds out the back of the house, the kind you'd sprint to at 3am hoping a redback spider wasn't waiting. These days it just means any toilet anywhere, but the word keeps that classic Aussie bush flavour every single time someone needs a wee.
Usage examples
"Hang on mate, I'm busting for the dunny, back in two ticks and then we can crack another tinnie by the barbie"
"Pull over at the servo, mate, I have been busting for the dunny since we left the last town."
"The dunny at the campsite was a fair hike in the dark, torch in one hand and fingers crossed."
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