Meaning of backhouse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse.
   dialectal
3. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
   Canada, US, euphemistic

Examples

“[…] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]”

“BACK'HOUSE... a necessary.”

“[…] the chlorides Mother was always throwing into the little outdoor backhouse […]”

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