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privy houses

privy houses is the plural of privy house.

Meaning of privy house

Noun

privy house (plural privy houses)

  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
    • I wil that ye newe prevy hous ovir the synkke be the dore... serve for the parlour and chambir a loffte.1463, will in S. Tymm's 1850 Wills and Inventories of Bury St. Edmunds, p. 20
    Synonyms:
    outhouse

Questions about privy houses

What is privy houses the plural of?
Privy houses is the plural of privy house.

Words near privy houses in the dictionary

  1. privy council
  2. privy councillor
  3. privy councillors
  4. privy councils
  5. privy house
  6. privy houses
  7. privy mark
  8. privy marks
  9. privy member
  10. privy members
  11. privy parts

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