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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : luh-treen |
Phonetic Transcription : ləˈtrin |
Définition of latrine
Origin :- c.1300, probably from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina "washbasin, washroom," from lavatus, past participle of lavare "to wash" (see lave) + -trina, suffix denoting "workplace." Its reappearance in 1640s is probably a re-borrowing from French; especially of a privy of a camp, barracks, college, hospital, etc. Latrine rumor "baseless gossip" (of the kind that spreads in conversations in latrines) is military slang, first recorded 1918.
- noun lavatory
- noun bathroom
- Longs, the latrine at Brasenose, so called because built by Lady Long.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- The word ‘lantine’ on p. 115 is most likely a corruption of ‘latrine’, but has been allowed to stand.
- Extract from : « Broke » by Edwin A. Brown
- Andrews was leaving the latrine when he heard a voice call softly, "Skinny."
- Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos
- There was no light in the ill-smelling shack that served for a latrine.
- Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos
- This latrine is for summer usenot for a week-end camp, you know.
- Extract from : « Natalie: A Garden Scout » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
- A latrine of this kind must not be placed near any water supply.
- Extract from : « Campward Ho! » by Unknown
- He has to collect and empty the latrine buckets every morning before breakfast.
- Extract from : « Combed Out » by Fritz August Voigt
- The latrine was usually not in the house, but somewhere in the back garden area.
- Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
- Then followed a few precious moments for washing up in the Latrine, which was a large bath house connected with the barrack.
- Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman
- He also helped us ditch all about the tent so the rain-water would drain away, and he constructed a latrine for camp.
- Extract from : « Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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