privy house
Meaning
Noun
- An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
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Origin
- From privy to clarify the intended sense, likely under the influence of Anglo-Norman privé hostel (attested in an 1139 British source) and Latin domus privata (1141).
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