paper daisy

paper daisy
 n.— «Rangers have the unenviable task of picking up what they euphemistically call “paper daisies”—pieces of toilet paper left to blow around. Some people don’t even bury it.» —“Fraser Island a big toilet because of camping” by Brian Williams Courier-Mail (Australia) Aug. 7, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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