nappy bank

English

Noun

nappy bank (plural nappy banks)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, uncommon) Synonym of diaper bank (“a charitable institution that distributes diapers to those without monetary or convenient access to it”).
    • 2013 March 19, Jackie Long, “Easterhouse: harsh reality behind benefits 'revolution'”, in Channel4‎[1]:
      Today, she shows me into the unused disabled toilet, a makeshift home for the “nappy bank” they are now operating. People who can’t afford to buy a pack of nappies can come here and buy a handful to get them to the end of the week.
    • 2020 November 19, Emily Brookes, “Blake Lively reveals 'heroic' efforts by Zuru's Nick Mowbray: 'I felt incredibly grateful'”, in Stuff‎[2]:
      Within a few days, she said, Mowbray had arranged to have over 265,000 nappies from Kiwi brand Rascal & Friends, which Zuru distributes internationally, sent to nappy banks and hospitals in New York and Texas.
    • 2022 December 16, Jonathan Freedland, “Harry and Meghan are still giving Britons what they really want from royalty: cruel spectacle”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      Naturally, some have taken to the phone-in shows to complain about the volume of media attention lavished on this trivia, decrying such warped priorities when food banks are joined by warm banks, bedding banks and nappy banks, and when homeless people shiver on the streets.
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