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houses of ease

houses of ease is the plural of house of ease.

Meaning of house of ease

Noun

house of ease (plural houses of ease)

  1. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.
    • Had you but through a Cranny spy'd
      On House of Ease your future Bride.1734, “Strephon & Cloe”, in Beautiful Young Nymph, Jonathan Swift, page 20
    Synonyms:
    outhouse

Questions about houses of ease

What is houses of ease the plural of?
Houses of ease is the plural of house of ease.

Words near houses of ease in the dictionary

  1. houses of call
  2. houses of cards
  3. houses of commons
  4. houses of correction
  5. houses of detention
  6. houses of ease
  7. houses of easement
  8. houses of God
  9. houses of horrors
  10. houses of ill fame
  11. houses of ill repute

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