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outhouse

[ out-hous ]

noun

plural outhouses
  1. an outbuilding with one or more seats and a pit serving as a toilet; privy.
  2. any outbuilding.


outhouse

/ ˈʊˌʊ /

noun

  1. a building near to, but separate from, a main building; outbuilding
  2. an outside lavatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of outhouse1

First recorded in 1525–35; out- + house
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He threw himself into the project, spending a week installing a 2,600-gallon water tank, an outhouse and a plywood shack to sleep in with stud walls and a steel door.

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Mr Emlyn Jones KC previously said a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse.

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The court previously heard a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse.

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Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC previously said a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse.

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They practice in the ruins of a farm outhouse, poking rifles round empty doorways before edging warily past.

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