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/ˈaʊthaʊs/ · noun
(Canada, US) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit..
I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.
The children had explored the gardens and the outhouses thoroughly before they were caught and cleaned for tea, and they saw quite well that they were certain to be happy at the White House.
There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.
[…] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses
Dumbledore pointed toward a run-down stone outhouse where the Weasleys kept their broomsticks.
In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs.
The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.
Use outhouse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outhouse means (Canada, US) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit..
Common synonyms include outbuilding, backhouse, backside, bog.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.
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