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outhouse


noun, plural out·hous·es [out-hou-ziz] /ˈaʊtˌhaʊ zɪz/.

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

noun

  1. a building near to, but separate from, a main building; outbuilding
  2. US an outside lavatory

n.early 14c., “shed, outbuilding,” from out + house (n.). Sense of “a privy” (principally American English) is first attested 1819.

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