earth closet
noun
a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
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How to use earth closet in a sentence
An earth closet, as it is called, if carefully looked after, is never offensive.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanThe "dry earth closet" of the philanthropic clergyman was found to work well, and was acceptable to his parishioners.
Mr Moules earth closet consists of a box with a receptacle below for the excreta.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyThe earth closet is more particularly adapted for small villages and isolated mansions.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyLet whoever can do better; but meantime let us welcome and diffuse the earth closet.
What I know of farming: | Horace Greeley
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