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shithouse

[ shit-hous ]

noun

, Slang: Vulgar.
, plural shit·hous·es [shit, -hou-ziz].
  1. a privy; outhouse.
  2. a terrible, filthy, poor, or low-quality thing or place (often used attributively): The studio will keep churning out shithouse sequels as long as people buy tickets to see them.

    Ugh, you wouldn’t believe the rat-infested shithouse she was living in.

    The studio will keep churning out shithouse sequels as long as people buy tickets to see them.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of shithouse1

First recorded in 1910–15; shit + house

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. be built like a brick shithouse, Slang: Vulgar. (of a person) to be big, solid, or muscular:

    The other guy in the fight was built like a brick shithouse.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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