Outhousey

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of an outhouse. rare

    "Then there was the smell in the room. She was the first to admit that during writing fits her unrinsed dishes stacked up until they reeked, but this wasn’t the same kind of smell at all. This was stale, sweaty and a bit on the outhousey side."

Example

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"Then there was the smell in the room. She was the first to admit that during writing fits her unrinsed dishes stacked up until they reeked, but this wasn’t the same kind of smell at all. This was stale, sweaty and a bit on the outhousey side."

Etymology

From outhouse + -y.

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