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Backhouse

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.
Noun
  1. 1
    An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse. dialectal

    "[…] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]"

  2. 2
    An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. Canada, US, euphemistic

    "BACK'HOUSE... a necessary."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From back + house.

Etymology 2

From Old English bæchūs (“bakehouse”).

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