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Meaning of privy house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.

Examples

“I wil that ye newe prevy hous ovir the synkke be the dore... serve for the parlour and chambir a loffte.”
“The filthiness and nasty things of the said privy house of office, flowed out... into the cellar aforesaid.”
“So far as he's concerned, all dem he don't know oughta be tried and sentenced tuh six months behind de United States privy house at hard smellin'.”
“An intact, clapboarded privy house still stands within the foundation of the 1794 ministry barn.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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