Synonyms for outhouse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-hous
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌhaʊs


Définition of outhouse

Origin :
  • early 14c., "shed, outbuilding," from out + house (n.). Sense of "a privy" (principally American English) is first attested 1819.
  • noun toilet
Example sentences :
  • I think she must have hid it in some outhouse, and fetched it the next night.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • There were tools and a joiner's bench in an outhouse, and there he worked.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • "In the outhouse you will find a considerable quantity of straw," said Holmes.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The landlord led them to an outhouse, in which were some trusses of straw.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • With this he retired, and blubbered a good hour in an outhouse.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • The bath was in an outhouse about fifty yards across the yard from the ward.
  • Extract from : « An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 » by William Orpen
  • No, sahib, but there is an outhouse which would hold the two horses.
  • Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty
  • A man died, and, according to custom, he was laid out in an outhouse.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • He unlatched the outhouse and feverishly harnessed six of the dogs to the sled.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • They were fortunate enough to find a fish-trap in the outhouse.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild

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