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Meaning of draught-house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

obsolete

Examples

“They... brake downe the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house.”
“Moslems and Hindus [...] abhor the unclean and unhealthy use of paper without ablution; and the people of India call European draught-houses, by way of opprobrium, "Kághaz-khánah" = paper closets.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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