backhouse
a building behind the main building, often serving a subsidiary purpose.
a privy; outhouse.
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How to use backhouse in a sentence
Lunched with backhouse in a delicious garden under a spreading fig tree; then rode back.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIt is said by backhouse, that his parties killed thirty, and captured five.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) | John WestJohn backhouse took no step, and for nine months nothing was heard of his daughter.
Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry WardMrs. Thornburgh, however, could not apply herself to the case of Mary backhouse.
Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry Wardbackhouse observed one especially, whose features had a Jewish cast, and reminded him of the popular pictures of Abraham!
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) | John West
British Dictionary definitions for backhouse
/ (ˈbækˌhaʊs) /
Canadian another word for outhouse
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