- “The man standing in the doorway there was just about to go out for a leak”
leak
noun
the act of urination
Etymology : 1934 coined in Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer.” The verb “leak” occurred as early as the 1590s while the meaning “to let water in and out” arose in the early 15th century.
Source : Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer,” 1934.
Last modified: 10 December 2010