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outhouse

[out-hous]

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noun, plural out·hous·es

[-hou-ziz] .

an outbuilding with one or more seats and a pit serving as a toilet; privy.

any outbuilding.

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Origin:
1525–35; out- + house

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outhouse (ˈaʊtˌhaʊs)

—n
1.	a building near to, but separate from, a main building; outbuilding
2.	(US) an outside lavatory

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outhouse

1533, "shed, outbuilding," from out + house (q.v.). Sense of "a privy" (principally Amer.Eng.) is first attested 1819.

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