Outhouse

//ˈaʊthaʊs//

"Outhouse" in a Sentence (14 examples)

Just one outhouse was lost to the torrents, in part because scientists warned residents in the area about the approaching danger.

Ziri's house is so old it has an outhouse.

Ziri lived in a house so old it had a wooden outhouse.

The outhouse stood a couple meters from the treeline.

Gunter stepped out of the outhouse.

Vladimir didn't use the outhouse.

Before plumbing came to the farm, this small building served as the site's toilet. It is a reconstruction—the original was torn down. This outhouse features a seat with two holes. This was not unusual as many outhouses had different sized holes for adults and children. There are also some pages from an old Sears and Roebuck Catalog in the structure. Farmers wouldn't waste money on purchasing toilet paper when they could recycle something they no longer needed!

I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.

The children had explored the gardens and the outhouses thoroughly before they were caught and cleaned for tea, and they saw quite well that they were certain to be happy at the White House.

There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.

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[…] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses

Dumbledore pointed toward a run-down stone outhouse where the Weasleys kept their broomsticks.

In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs.

The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.

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